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1942 Map of Tingles Island

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Tingles Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Assateague Island stands as a long, narrow barrier between the Atlantic Ocean and a complex network of coastal bays during this 1942 survey. The landscape is defined by its fluid geography, where Chincoteague Bay, Sinepuxent Bay, and Newport Bay converge around a series of low-lying points and islands. This era shows the coastline before the significant modern developments of the mid-20th century, focused instead on the maritime utility of the area.

Evidence of coastal monitoring is present at the Coast Guard Sta on the barrier island, while interior landmarks like Tingles Island and Lumber Marsh Island rise from the tidal flats. On the mainland side, family and local place names such as Lower Sinepuxent Neck, St Lawrence Neck, and Peters Neck mark the agricultural and residential fingers of land reaching into the marshes, separated by small tidal flows like Cropper Creek and Newport Creek.