Rare Old Map of Fairhope, Alabama by USGS, 1941: Mobile Bay, Daphne & Point Clear
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Titled “Daphne,” this 1941 U.S. Geological Survey topographical map captures the eastern shore of Mobile Bay at a revealing moment in Alabama’s...
Continua a leggereTitled “Daphne,” this 1941 U.S. Geological Survey topographical map captures the eastern shore of Mobile Bay at a revealing moment in Alabama’s history. Drawn at the detailed scale of 1:31,680, it presents Fairhope, Daphne, Point Clear, Magnolia Springs, and the waterways feeding Weeks Bay with the measured precision that made USGS mapping indispensable. The map belongs to the pre–World War II landscape, before later suburban growth transformed much of Baldwin County’s bayfront and inland corridors. Its contours, roads, settlements, and shorelines record a coastal world still defined by small towns, river landings, agricultural tracts, and quiet bay communities, offering a richly textured portrait of the region as it stood in 1941.
The U.S. Geological Survey, founded in 1879, became the nation’s great cartographic authority, producing maps that served engineers, planners, land managers, scientists, and travelers alike. “Daphne” reflects the agency’s disciplined visual language: precise contour lines, standardized symbols, carefully labeled roads and settlements, and a restrained color scheme designed for clarity. The pale green tones associated with historic USGS sheets lend the map an understated elegance while helping distinguish wooded or vegetated areas from open land and developed zones. Rather than dramatizing the landscape, the USGS style reveals it patiently, allowing elevation, drainage, settlement, and transportation to emerge in orderly relation to one another.
Fairhope appears as one of the map’s central human landmarks, set along the scenic eastern shore of Mobile Bay. Founded in the late nineteenth century as a Single Tax colony and later celebrated for its progressive civic culture, Fairhope had already developed a distinctive identity by the time this map was made. Its street grid, bayfront position, and surrounding roads suggest a town intimately tied to both land and water. Nearby Daphne, one of the older communities of Baldwin County, anchors the northern portion of the sheet, while Point Clear stretches southward along the shore, evoking the resort culture and maritime atmosphere that long shaped this celebrated coastline.
The topography is especially compelling along the meeting of upland and bay. Fine contour lines trace gentle rises, shallow valleys, and the subtle relief that characterizes this part of coastal Alabama. Mobile Bay forms the western edge of the mapped world, its shoreline articulated through coves, points, and low coastal margins. Inland, the Fish River and Bon Secour River systems guide the eye through the landscape toward Weeks Bay, creating a network of drainage that explains both settlement patterns and natural movement. Roads, including Fort Morgan Road and numerous county routes, reveal how communities were connected before the age of expansive highways and modern coastal development.
As a historical document, “Daphne” is valuable not merely for what it names, but for what it preserves: the geography of a region on the cusp of profound change. The year 1941 places the map just before America’s entry into World War II, when the Gulf Coast would soon see intensified military, industrial, and infrastructural activity. Here, however, Baldwin County remains legible as a landscape of small settlements, rivers, bayfront communities, and rural roadways. For collectors drawn to coastal history, Alabama heritage, or the quiet authority of USGS cartography, this map offers a beautifully ordered vision of Mobile Bay’s eastern shore before postwar expansion reshaped its contours.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Fairhope
- Mobile Bay
- Daphne
- Point Clear
- Magnolia Springs
- Bon Secour River
- Fish River
- Weeks Bay
- Mobile
- Fort Morgan Road
- Numbered county roads
- Named neighborhoods and sections of Fairhope
- Coastal areas along Mobile Bay
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey as a historical topographical map at a scale of 1:31,680.
- Dated 1941, showing the pre–World War II landscape of Fairhope and the surrounding Alabama coast.
- The USGS produced topographical maps to support land management, resource evaluation, and public accessibility.
- Fairhope is noted for its picturesque waterfront and early 20th-century history as a progressive community.
- The map uses typical USGS topographic symbols and finely detailed contour lines to show elevation changes.
- Shading and landform detail help represent the area’s hills, valleys, and coastal terrain.
- The pale green background reflects a common historical USGS color scheme designed for readability.
- The map provides evidence of how urban development, infrastructure, land use, and geographic features have changed over time.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed 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.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With 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? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Titled “Daphne,” this 1941 U.S. Geological Survey topographical map captures the eastern shore of Mobile Bay at a revealing moment in Alabama’s history. Drawn at the detailed scale of 1:31,680, it presents Fairhope, Daphne, Point Clear, Magnolia Springs, and the waterways feeding Weeks Bay with the measured precision that made USGS mapping indispensable. The map belongs to the pre–World War II landscape, before later suburban growth transformed much of Baldwin County’s bayfront and inland corridors. Its contours, roads, settlements, and shorelines record a coastal world still defined by small towns, river landings, agricultural tracts, and quiet bay communities, offering a richly textured portrait of the region as it stood in 1941.
The U.S. Geological Survey, founded in 1879, became the nation’s great cartographic authority, producing maps that served engineers, planners, land managers, scientists, and travelers alike. “Daphne” reflects the agency’s disciplined visual language: precise contour lines, standardized symbols, carefully labeled roads and settlements, and a restrained color scheme designed for clarity. The pale green tones associated with historic USGS sheets lend the map an understated elegance while helping distinguish wooded or vegetated areas from open land and developed zones. Rather than dramatizing the landscape, the USGS style reveals it patiently, allowing elevation, drainage, settlement, and transportation to emerge in orderly relation to one another.
Fairhope appears as one of the map’s central human landmarks, set along the scenic eastern shore of Mobile Bay. Founded in the late nineteenth century as a Single Tax colony and later celebrated for its progressive civic culture, Fairhope had already developed a distinctive identity by the time this map was made. Its street grid, bayfront position, and surrounding roads suggest a town intimately tied to both land and water. Nearby Daphne, one of the older communities of Baldwin County, anchors the northern portion of the sheet, while Point Clear stretches southward along the shore, evoking the resort culture and maritime atmosphere that long shaped this celebrated coastline.
The topography is especially compelling along the meeting of upland and bay. Fine contour lines trace gentle rises, shallow valleys, and the subtle relief that characterizes this part of coastal Alabama. Mobile Bay forms the western edge of the mapped world, its shoreline articulated through coves, points, and low coastal margins. Inland, the Fish River and Bon Secour River systems guide the eye through the landscape toward Weeks Bay, creating a network of drainage that explains both settlement patterns and natural movement. Roads, including Fort Morgan Road and numerous county routes, reveal how communities were connected before the age of expansive highways and modern coastal development.
As a historical document, “Daphne” is valuable not merely for what it names, but for what it preserves: the geography of a region on the cusp of profound change. The year 1941 places the map just before America’s entry into World War II, when the Gulf Coast would soon see intensified military, industrial, and infrastructural activity. Here, however, Baldwin County remains legible as a landscape of small settlements, rivers, bayfront communities, and rural roadways. For collectors drawn to coastal history, Alabama heritage, or the quiet authority of USGS cartography, this map offers a beautifully ordered vision of Mobile Bay’s eastern shore before postwar expansion reshaped its contours.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Fairhope
- Mobile Bay
- Daphne
- Point Clear
- Magnolia Springs
- Bon Secour River
- Fish River
- Weeks Bay
- Mobile
- Fort Morgan Road
- Numbered county roads
- Named neighborhoods and sections of Fairhope
- Coastal areas along Mobile Bay
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey as a historical topographical map at a scale of 1:31,680.
- Dated 1941, showing the pre–World War II landscape of Fairhope and the surrounding Alabama coast.
- The USGS produced topographical maps to support land management, resource evaluation, and public accessibility.
- Fairhope is noted for its picturesque waterfront and early 20th-century history as a progressive community.
- The map uses typical USGS topographic symbols and finely detailed contour lines to show elevation changes.
- Shading and landform detail help represent the area’s hills, valleys, and coastal terrain.
- The pale green background reflects a common historical USGS color scheme designed for readability.
- The map provides evidence of how urban development, infrastructure, land use, and geographic features have changed over time.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed 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.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With 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? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
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Most maps, art prints, and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced wooden box frame, and then float the piece within a wooden outer frame. The finished result is beautifully presented, with no glazing between you and the artwork.
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Once restored, the map is prepared for your chosen size and finish. Your piece is then printed and, where selected, framed close to its delivery destination.
Our map prints use acid-free 200gsm archival matte paper and fade-resistant pigment inks, creating a rich, non-glossy finish designed to last. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
Canvas, cotton-rag and other specialist presentations are also available. Learn more about our materials and finishes.
Personalising your map
You can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. For personalised designs, we send a proof before printing and you can request changes before approval.
For more complex bespoke commissions, contact our design team.
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