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1952 Map of Sea Isle City

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Sea Isle City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The barrier islands and salt marshes of Cape May County are frozen in a moment of mid-century transition on this 1952 survey. Sea Isle City and Strathmere anchor the coastal development along Ludlam Beach, connected to the mainland by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. The interior landscape is dominated by the dense Great Cedar Swamp and the expansive Ludlam Bay, where a complex network of thorofares like Upland Thorofare and Ware Thorofare weave through the wetlands.

Insights into local life are found in the distribution of community landmarks, such as Seaville Ch and the St Rita Chapel. Shoreline changes are visible through the 1972 photorevisions, which highlight the expansion of urban areas and the shifting sands near Corson Inlet. This document captures the era before modern overdevelopment, preserving the locations of old family-named landmarks like Devils Island and the Tollgate along the marshes.