1894 Map of Arredondo

About this map

Gainesville serves as the focal point of this late-nineteenth-century survey of Alachua County, revealing the city as a bustling rail hub before the turn of the century. The landscape is dominated by the massive Payne Prairie or Alachua Lake, a distinctive karst basin that alternated between marshland and a deep lake during this era. Multiple rail lines converge on the county seat, including the Peninsular Railroad and the Florida and Western Railroad, which connected small agrarian settlements like Arredondo, Kanapaha, and Micanopy.