1952 Map of Ocean City

About this map

The barrier islands and complex tidal thorofares of southern New Jersey appear here during a period of significant coastal development and transport evolution. Ocean City dominates the southern coastline, anchored by its Municipal Pier and grid of streets alongside the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Across the Great Egg Harbor Inlet, the landscape transitions from the developed beachfronts of Margate City and Longport to a labyrinth of marshes and islands, including Pork Island and Drag Island. Further inland, the map captures established mainland communities such as Somers Point and Linwood, where the expansion of the Garden State Parkway began to reshape local connectivity. Local history is preserved in the location of the Friends Central Cem, the Zion Ch, and various neighborhood institutions like the Steelmanville Sch. The intricate network of water channels, from Scull Bay to Peck Bay, illustrates the navigational complexity of the Intracoastal Waterway before modern shoreline stabilization and dredging altered many of these smaller passages.