1962 Map of Pompano Beach

About this map

Pompano Beach and the neighboring coastal communities of Broward County are captured here in the early 1960s, showing a landscape defined by an intricate network of man-made canals and finger islands. The expansion of residential neighborhoods like Garden Isles, Cypress Isles Estates, and Soroka Shores illustrates the mid-century transformation of the Florida coastline into a series of waterfront developments along the Intracoastal Waterway. This era of growth is further evidenced by the infrastructure supporting these new populations, from the Municipal Airport and Filtration Plant in the north to the Holy Cross Hospital and Cardinal Gibbons High Sch near Coral Hills.