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1944 Map of Stone Harbor

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

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The county seat at Cape May Court House serves as the inland anchor for this coastal survey, which documents the intricate tidal landscape of New Jersey's Atlantic shoreline during the mid-1940s. The mainland is connected to the barrier islands by the Stone Harbor Blvd and the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines, which traverse a complex network of wetlands including Mulford Creek Meadow and Great Flat. The map reveals the early development of Stone Harbor and North Wildwood, where organized street grids contrast sharply with the natural erraticism of the surrounding marshlands and sounds.

Genealogists and local historians can locate early religious and civic sites such as the Second Church, Burleigh Church, and Fairview Mem Cem. Navigation through this water-dominated geography is defined by named waterways like Cresse Thorofare and Jenkins Sound, while an Abandoned RR Grade south of Burleigh hints at shifting transportation priorities as the Coastal Highway Sea Gull Route became a primary artery for coastal travel.