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1949 Map of Palm Beach Farms

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Palm Beach Farms
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Palm Beach Farms characterizes the interior landscape of Florida’s Atlantic coast in the late 1940s, a period before intensive suburban sprawl transformed the region. The area is defined by the Loxahatchee Slough and an extensive system of drainage, most notably the West Palm Beach Canal and its associated levee. These water control efforts were essential to supporting settlements like West Palm Beach Farms and Greenacres City, as well as the obscure location of Fergan.

Evidence of mid-century infrastructure and utility appears throughout the sheet, from the Radio Beacon and Military Reservation to several borrow pits. The map illustrates the transition from natural wetlands to a structured grid of agricultural and residential parcels, bounded by the Range Line and a series of drainage ditches. This survey captures a specific stage in the engineering of the Everglades fringe, showing the early footprints of community development in Palm Beach County.