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1949 Map of West Dixie Bend

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of West Dixie Bend
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

West Dixie Bend and the developing outskirts of Deerfield Beach define the landscape of northern Broward County in the late 1940s. This survey illustrates a pivotal era in Florida's water management and land expansion, dominated by the prominent Hillsboro Canal which cuts diagonally across the terrain, accompanied by a system of levees. The interior remains largely defined by marshy wetlands and numerous Borrow Pits, reflecting the intensive earth-moving required for road and railway construction in this low-lying region.

Transportation infrastructure is centered on the Seaboard Air Line railroad and a grid of early thoroughfares such as Range Line Road, Blount Rd, and Lyons Road. The map clearly delineates the border between Palm Beach and Broward counties, showing how early settlement patterns were dictated by the intersection of drainage canals and rail access before the era of intensive coastal suburbanization.