1949 Map of Sharpes

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The Delespine Grant dominates this coastal survey, reflecting the deep Spanish land grant history along the Florida coast. Settlement clusters tightly between the marshy interior and the shoreline, following the path of the Florida East Coast railroad and highway. Small communities like Frontenac, Sharpes, and City Point represent the early 20th-century development of the Space Coast before the massive expansion of the mid-century aerospace era.