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1949 Map of Pemberton

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Pemberton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

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The Fort Dix Military Reservation dominates the northern reaches of this Burlington County landscape, its sprawling impact areas and rifle ranges contrasting with the industrial and agricultural clusters of the Pine Barrens. In the east, Whitesbog and Browns Mills mark significant points of settlement, while the southern half of the sheet is defined by the dense woodlands of Lebanon State Forest and the early bog iron and cranberry history at Hampton Furnace and Hanover Furnace.

Transportation patterns are visible in the routes of the Pennsylvania and Central railroads, which linked small rural outposts like Chatsworth and New Lisbon to the wider region. Family-named locations such as Sooy Place and Johnson Place offer a specific look at local genealogy before the expansion of postwar infrastructure. The transition from established town centers like Pemberton and Vincentown to the unpaved tracks through Chatsworth Woods illustrates the era's balance between development and the wilderness of the Jersey pines.