{"product_id":"old-map-of-belmar-new-jersey-by-usgs-1919-bradley-beach-manasquan-point-pleasant-beach","title":"Old Map of Belmar, New Jersey by USGS, 1919 – Bradley Beach, Manasquan \u0026 Point Pleasant Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1921 from 1919 survey work, the US Geological Survey’s “Asbury Park” presents a finely detailed topographical portrait of the central New Jersey Shore at a pivotal moment in its resort-era development. Drawn at 1:62,500 scale, the map extends across a landscape where Atlantic beaches, tidal rivers, marshes, inland villages, rail corridors, and newly expanding seaside towns are carefully integrated into a single scientific view. Belmar, Bradley Beach, Manasquan, Point Pleasant Beach, Spring Lake, Sea Girt, and Lake Como appear not merely as names along the coast, but as part of a growing recreational geography shaped by rail access, ocean bathing, summer hotels, and suburban seaside settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map was produced by the United States Geological Survey, an institution founded in 1879 to classify, measure, and map the physical character and resources of the nation. By the early twentieth century, USGS topographic sheets had become indispensable tools for engineers, planners, landowners, and travelers, combining scientific precision with a remarkably legible visual style. In this Asbury Park sheet, contour lines register subtle changes in elevation across what may first appear to be a low, flat coastal plain. Roads, railways, waterways, settlements, and shorelines are delineated with clarity, revealing the infrastructure that connected the Jersey Shore’s resort towns to inland New Jersey and the wider metropolitan world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coastal setting is the map’s great subject. The Atlantic Ocean forms the eastern edge, while beaches, inlets, lakes, marshlands, and river systems define the fragile boundary between land and sea. Shark River, Shrewsbury River, Lake Como, and the waterways around Manasquan and Point Pleasant Beach are shown as essential features of the shore environment, shaping both transportation and settlement. The map captures a region of maritime forest, wetlands, and sandy barrier-like margins, where natural forces and human ambition met in close quarters. Its topographic language makes visible the low ridges, drainage patterns, and coastal contours that influenced where streets, rail lines, docks, and resorts could take hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorically, this sheet records the Jersey Shore during one of its defining periods of transformation. In the decades around 1900, towns such as Spring Lake, Sea Girt, Bradley Beach, Ocean Grove, Belmar, and Point Pleasant Beach became celebrated destinations for urban visitors seeking ocean air, leisure, and seasonal escape. The railways and roads shown on the map were the arteries of this new coastal culture, bringing vacationers from inland towns and cities to boarding houses, beaches, pavilions, and summer communities. At the same time, inland places such as Neptune, Allenwood, Allaire, and Tinton Falls remind us that the shore’s resort identity was embedded within a broader working landscape of farms, mills, woods, and villages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a cartographic object, “Asbury Park” is especially compelling because it balances technical restraint with historical richness. Its color distinctions and contouring distinguish terrain types, settlement patterns, water bodies, and routes of movement without obscuring the broader geography. Urban areas appear as ordered grids along the coast, while marshes, rivers, and wooded tracts soften the interior with more irregular forms. The result is a map that shows not only where these celebrated shore communities stood in 1919, but how they related to each other and to the land beneath them. It is a vivid record of an evolving coastline, capturing both the promise of modern recreation and the enduring structure of New Jersey’s coastal landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelmar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBradley Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManasquan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoint Pleasant Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSea Girt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpring Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Como\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeptune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllenwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllaire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTinton Falls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShark River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOcean Grove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMcCarter's Dock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShrewsbury River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaritime Forest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtlantic Ocean coastline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoads and railway lines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater bodies and marshes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical US Geological Survey topographical map titled \u003cstrong\u003eAsbury Park\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 1919 with a 1921 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by the \u003cstrong\u003eUS Geological Survey\u003c\/strong\u003e, established in 1879.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrawn at a scale of \u003cstrong\u003e1:62,500\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows coastal resort communities along the New Jersey Shore during a period of early 20th-century tourism growth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes contour lines indicating elevation, terrain, hills, valleys, and coastal features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClearly delineates urban areas, roads, railways, rivers, lakes, beaches, and marshes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses coloration to distinguish different terrain types and landscape features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides historical evidence of land use, urban development, and the transformation of Jersey Shore communities over time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/de\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). 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