{"product_id":"old-map-of-ocean-city-new-jersey-by-usgs-1918-great-egg-harbor-somers-point-corsons-inlet","title":"Old Map of Ocean City, New Jersey by USGS, 1918 – Great Egg Harbor, Somers Point \u0026 Corsons Inlet","description":"\u003cp\u003eTitled “Great Egg Harbor,” this finely detailed U.S. Geological Survey topographical map captures the southern New Jersey coast around Ocean City as it was understood in the early twentieth century. Created from 1918 survey data and issued with a 1921 imprint, it stands at the meeting point of wartime-era field science and postwar publication. At a scale of 1:62,500, the map presents a richly legible portrait of barrier islands, tidal inlets, bays, mainland settlements, and the Atlantic shoreline. Ocean City occupies a prominent place, framed by Great Egg Harbor, Peck Bay, Corsons Inlet, and the surrounding marshlands. The result is both a practical geographic document and a vivid historical record of a coast poised between resort development and natural dynamism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map was produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, one of America’s most important scientific mapping institutions. Established in 1879, the USGS was created to classify public lands, assess natural resources, and provide authoritative geographic knowledge for a rapidly expanding nation. By the early twentieth century, its topographic quadrangles had become indispensable tools for engineers, planners, military authorities, educators, and local governments. This “Great Egg Harbor” sheet reflects that institutional rigor: settlements, roads, waterways, wetlands, elevations, and shoreforms are organized into a precise cartographic language. Its understated beauty lies in the USGS commitment to accuracy, standardization, and clarity, transforming a complex coastal landscape into an intelligible and enduring visual system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe geography shown is especially evocative of New Jersey’s Atlantic margin, where land and water interlace in a shifting pattern of beaches, bays, creeks, and salt marsh. Ocean City appears as the central coastal settlement, with Longport to the north and Corsons Inlet marking an important passage through the barrier system to the south. Inland, Somers Point, Clarkstown, Mays Landing, and Egg Harbor City reflect the mainland network of communities tied to the shore by roads, waterways, and commerce. Names such as Haskells Landing, Absecon, Brigantine, Bilfinger, and Little Egg Harbor evoke a wider regional world of maritime access, rural settlement, and coastal navigation along the Atlantic Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCartographically, the map is a fine example of early twentieth-century USGS topographic design. Its contour lines, spaced at 10-foot intervals, carefully describe the low relief of the coastal plain—an especially subtle task in a landscape where small changes in elevation can define marsh, upland, flood-prone ground, or habitable settlement. The use of color and shading distinguishes water, landforms, built features, and transportation routes, allowing the viewer to read both natural and human geography at once. Rather than dramatizing the terrain, the map reveals its quiet complexity: tidal channels, bay margins, barrier beaches, and inland elevations emerge through measured linework and disciplined visual hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorically, “Great Egg Harbor” offers a compelling view of the region before a century of intensified urbanization, infrastructure expansion, shoreline engineering, and environmental change. Ocean City and neighboring shore communities were already becoming established resort destinations, yet the surrounding map still emphasizes marshes, waterways, landings, and open coastal terrain. For collectors, historians, and admirers of Atlantic seaboard geography, it preserves a moment when transportation, tourism, fishing, and local settlement coexisted with an expansive natural estuarine environment. The sheet also invites comparison with the modern coast, where barrier islands have been reshaped by development, storms, dredging, and conservation efforts. As a historical artifact, it records not only place, but transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOcean City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Egg Harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeck Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLongport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHaskells Landing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorsons Inlet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomers Point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClarkstown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMays Landing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEgg Harbor City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrigantine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Egg Harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBilfinger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbsecon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtlantic Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:62,500 topographical map showing Ocean City, New Jersey and the surrounding area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated using survey data from 1918 and published with a 1921 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, a major American mapping and geological survey organization.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe USGS was established in 1879 and is known for scientific assessments of natural resources, land use, and geological characteristics across the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses color, shading, and contour lines to depict elevation and landforms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContour lines are spaced at 10-foot intervals, a common topographic mapping practice of the era.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows varying elevations, waterways, and natural features of the region.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides insight into the geography of the area in the early 20th century, including changes related to urban development and environmental factors.\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=\"\/it\/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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Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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