1958 Map of Wellfleet

About this map

Wellfleet and its surrounding harbor define this 1958 landscape, showing the town at a moment when traditional maritime geography met mid-century military and recreational growth. The presence of the U S Military Reservation Camp Wellfleet on the Atlantic coast contrasts with the older settlement patterns of South Wellfleet and Truro. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several burial grounds, including the South Wellfleet Cem and French Cem. The complex hydrology of the Outer Cape is visible through dozens of kettle ponds like Gull Pond and Horseleech Pond, alongside the winding Herring River. Infrastructure of the era is marked by the New York New Haven and Hartford rail line and land-use markers such as a Cranberry Bog and a Drive-in Theater. Coastal features like Lieutenant Island, Indian Neck, and the tidal flats of Wellfleet Harbor illustrate the shifting sands of the peninsula.