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1957 Map of Upper Marlboro

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Upper Marlboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Upper Marlboro serves as the focal point of this late 1950s survey of central Prince George's County, where the transition from traditional Maryland tobacco farming to Cold War military expansion is clearly visible. The University of Maryland Tobacco Experimental Farm and large rural estates like Mt Airy (Curtis Birthplace) sit alongside the sprawling Andrews Air Force Base, which occupies a significant portion of the western landscape.

Evidence of the region's older infrastructure persists through labels like the Old Railroad Grade and the clustering of historic congregations such as St Marys Ch and St Barnabas Ch. Smaller communities such as Rosaryville, Croom Station, and Westphalia are connected by a network of rural roads, while industrial pockets like various Gravel Pits and the local Fairgrounds suggest the varied economic activities of the era. The terrain is defined by the drainage of the Western Branch and Piscataway Creek.