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2024 Map of Alford

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Alford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The town of Alford serves as a central hub in this Jackson County landscape, where the agricultural and timber patterns of Florida's panhandle remain visible. To the north, Steele City and the Steele City Bay waterway sit near the Salem Church Cem, while the southern reaches are defined by the community of Round Lake and the industrial history implied by Kent Mill. The terrain is remarkably aquatic, characterized by numerous "bays" — low-lying wetlands and cypress strands — such as Peterson Bay, Buchanan Bay, and Zannie White Bay.

Genealogists will find a wealth of site-specific data through numerous burial grounds, including the Williams Wilhite Cem and New Orange Church Cem. The boundary between Washington Co and Jackson Co cuts through the western half of the map, separating the highlands near High Hill from the complex drainage of Cypress Creek and Hard Labor Creek. This survey documents a rural infrastructure where family-named roads and remote churches like the White Pond Baptist Church Cem still anchor the community.