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1954 Map of Brooksville

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Brooksville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Brooksville serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey, shown as a growing hub where the Seaboard Air Line railroad intersects with local industry and transit. The landscape to the west and north reveals a heavy industrial presence, marked by a series of excavations including multiple quarries, a mine, and a large Tailings Pond near the small settlement of Camps.

Conservation and geography shape the outskirts of town, notably with the Chinsegut National Wildlife Refuge to the northeast and the prominent elevation of Bailey Hill to the northwest. Scattered smaller settlements like Spring Hill, Wiscon, and Tooke Lake Junction provide important markers for genealogists tracing the distribution of Hernando County's population before the suburban expansion of later decades. The presence of numerous prairie lakes, such as Simmons Prairie Lake and Willow Prairie Lake, highlights the unique karst topography and drainage patterns characteristic of this part of Florida.