1952 Map of Runnemede

About this map

Big Timber Creek and its winding branches define this suburbanizing corridor of South Jersey in the early 1950s. The map captures the intersection of major transit routes including the New Jersey Turnpike, Black Horse Pike, and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Development is concentrated in established boroughs like Runnemede and Haddon Heights, while the southern reaches near Hurffville School and Bethel Lake retain a more open character. Notable institutional sites are scattered throughout, from the Mother of the Savior Seminary and County Hospitals to the Blackwood Airfield. This era shows a landscape in transition, where new residential blocks like Garden Lake and Osage begin to fill the gaps between historic creek-side settlements like Clements Bridge and Almonesson.