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1952 Map of Oceanville

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Oceanville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge dominates the eastern coastal reaches of this survey, protecting a complex network of salt marshes and tidal channels like Main Marsh Thorofare and Big Fish Thorofare. The map details the transition from these protected wetlands into established settlements such as Oceanville and Leeds Point, connected by historic transit routes like Pitney Road and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.

Evidence of the region's mid-century development is visible through the expansion of Brigantine and Absecon, including infrastructure such as the Radio Tower (WFPG) and the Coast Guard Station near the inlet. The intricate hydrography of Reeds Bay and Absecon Bay illustrates the vital waterway system that supported local navigation and fishing before later twentieth-century modifications altered the shoreline and marsh drainage patterns.