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1949 Map of Sharpes

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Sharpes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Indian River shoreline defines this mid-century portrait of coastal Brevard County, where the transition from mid-19th-century land grants to modern transportation networks is clearly visible. The large Delespine Grant occupies much of the northern landscape, providing a window into the region's earlier Spanish land grant history. Along the river, the Florida East Coast railway serves a string of riverside communities including Frontenac, Sharpes, and City Point.

The landscape reflects a period of significant change, with revisions through the 1980s showing the arrival of the Bee Line Toll Road Expressway cutting west toward the interior. Significant local landmarks such as the Highway Maintenance Camp and the river-oriented infrastructure at Pinkerton Pier sit alongside numerous small bodies of water like Sharpes Lake and Lake Wilson, illustrating the complex hydrology of the coastal terrace before late-20th-century development reached its peak.