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1943 Map of Port St. Joe

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Port St. Joe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Port St Joe serves as the industrial and logistical anchor of this coastal survey, situated along the sheltered waters of St Joseph Bay. During the Second World War, the landscape reveals a transition between established maritime commerce and interior timber extraction. The town is flanked by smaller settlements like Highland View and Milltown, while the local economy is evidenced by the complex network of transit lines, including the Apalachicola Northern and various timber-hauling routes such as the Logging RR and the Old Parkwood Tramroad.

Away from the developed harbor, the terrain is dominated by the vast George Washington Swamp and Panther Swamp, highlighting the difficult coastal geography of the Florida Panhandle. Notable infrastructure projects like the Gulf County Canal cut through the wetlands, connecting the bay to interior waterways. For local historians, the presence of smaller residential pockets like Oak Grove and Niles, alongside civic landmarks like Constitution Park, provides a detailed look at the social and industrial footprint of the region in the early 1940s.