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2010 Map of Brazil East

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Brazil East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The eastern reaches of Brazil anchor this Clay County landscape, where the town's grid meets a collection of outlying mining and farming settlements. Moving east, a sequence of clustered communities including Donaldsonville, Knightsville, and Harmony follows the primary road corridor, reflecting the area's historical development along transport lines. To the north, smaller locales like Carbon, Pontiac, and Cardonia are interspersed among a dense network of country roads and small family cemeteries, such as the Pell Cemetery and Poff Cemetery.

Hydrography defines the rural spaces between these towns, with numerous small streams and drainages like Billy Creek, Croys Creek, and Benwood Run carving through the terrain. The presence of several small water bodies, including Alma Lake and Risslers Lake, suggests a landscape modified for local industry or recreation. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the locations of many smaller sites, such as the Wesley Chapel and its adjacent Wesley Chapel Cemetery, which serve as landmarks in the more open spaces of the eastern quadrangle.