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1944 Map of Rye

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Rye
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Manhattan and the small settlement at Oak Knoll anchor this 1944 topographic survey of inland Manatee County. The landscape is defined by the slow-moving drainage of the Manatee River and its various tributaries, including Gamble Creek, Gilley Creek, and Boggy Creek. A series of isolated wetlands and water bodies such as Gilly Lakes dot the central precincts, indicating the low-lying, intermittently flooded nature of the terrain during the mid-1940s.

Evidence of former transit and industrial corridors is visible in the presence of the Rye Grade and an Old R R Grade, which suggest the historical importance of timber or citrus hauling in this rural area. The Gulf Coast Mission provides a rare point of community infrastructure near the intersection of the Manhattan Cutoff and Rye Road. This map documents a period before major development, when the region was largely organized by voting precincts such as Precinct 11 and Precinct 2.