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1943 Map of St Petersburg

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of St Petersburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The growing urban core of St. Petersburg and its neighboring communities are captured in this wartime Army Corps of Engineers survey. Established rail corridors like the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line intersect the grid, anchoring early settlements such as Pinellas Park, Lellman, and Gulfport. The shoreline is a hive of activity, featuring the Albert Whitted Airport, the U S Maritime Tr Sta, and the Port of St Petersburg adjacent to the South Yacht Basin.

Neighborhoods like the Pasadena Subdivision and The Jungle show the early residential expansion toward Boca Ciega Bay. The map is particularly dense with civic institutions, from the St Petersburg HS to specialized medical facilities like St Anthony Hosp and the Osteopathic Hosp. Notable vanished features include the Piper Fuller Airport (Abandoned), while local history is preserved through numerous named schools and churches, including Grace Ch and the Quakers Ch.