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1939 Map of Point Washington

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Point Washington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Coastal settlements and intricate coastal lagoons define this late 1930s landscape along the Florida Panhandle. Freeport sits at the northern reaches of La Grange Bayou, while the small community of Point Washington occupies the peninsula where the bayou meets the broader waters of Choctawhatchee Bay. The southern shoreline is marked by a series of distinct coastal dune lakes, including Western Lake, Eastern Lake, and Camp Creek Lake, which parallel the Gulf of Mexico.

Infrastructure is anchored by the Gulf Coast Highway, which provides the primary link between the burgeoning beach communities of Grayton Beach and Seagrove Beach. The interior remains largely dominated by complex river systems and swampy lowlands, such as Bunker, where the Cypress River and various cutoffs wind through a dense network of islands including Nancys Cut Island and Indian Island. The presence of the Destin Lookout Tower 44 in the eastern hills suggests the importance of forest monitoring in this heavily wooded region during the pre-war era.