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1957 Map of Pemberton

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Pemberton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

North Branch Rancocas Creek winds through the heart of this Burlington County landscape, anchoring a network of small settlements like Birmingham, Evansville, and Pemberton. The map reveals a transition between early industrial sites like Smithville and the expanding infrastructure of the mid-20th century, including the Pemberton International Airfield and the sprawling Fort Dix Military Reservation in the northeast corner.

South of the main settlements, the terrain becomes increasingly agricultural and marshy, dominated by numerous Cranberry Bogs along Jade Run and Friendship Creek. This area illustrates the region's specialized agricultural economy, with the Lebanon State Forest and Bear Swamp providing a natural boundary to the south. Small rural centers such as Buddtown, Retreat, and Burrs Mill are scattered throughout, offering clear points of interest for those tracing family history or local development in New Jersey's Pine Barrens fringe.