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1910 Map of Prince Frederick

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Prince Frederick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1931
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1931

About this map

Prince Frederick and the surrounding Calvert County landscape are defined by their position between the deep waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the winding Patuxent River. At the turn of the century, the region relied heavily on maritime and riverine transport, evidenced by a dense network of landings and wharves such as Milltown Landing, White Landing, and Leitch Wharf. The interior terrain is a maze of creek valleys including Hunting Creek and Hall Creek, where small settlements like Huntingtown and Sunderland served as local hubs.

The presence of the Chesapeake Beach RR terminating at Chesapeake Beach highlights the era's emerging coastal tourism and rail connectivity. Along the river, Magruder Ferry and Ferry Landing show how residents crossed the wide Patuxent to reach Prince Georges Co. before modern bridges. This survey preserves the exact locations of many family-named points and minor landings, such as Potts Pt. and Trueman Point, which were critical to the local tobacco and fishing economies of the early 1900s.