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2012 Map of Bell

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Bell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The town of Bell serves as the focal point for this north-central Florida survey, where the street grid of Rodeo Ave and Co Hwy-236 meets the surrounding agrarian landscape. The area is characterized by a high concentration of ephemeral wetlands and water bodies, including the unusually named Poley Cow Pen, Half Moon Pond, and Sevenmile Lake. These features, alongside Smiths Prairie, illustrate the unique hydrology of Gilchrist County.

Smaller geographic points like Harvard and Williford represent localized clusters of settlement, while the Bell Fire Tower stands as a notable landmark in the western portion of the quadrangle. Genealogists and local historians can locate the Mount Horeb Cem near Cow Cr in the eastern section. The map documents a moment of continued rural development, showing a dense network of county roads like Co Rd 340 that knit together the disparate farms and prairies of the region.