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1966 Map of Eustis

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Eustis
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The central Florida citrus belt and the connected waters of the Harris Chain of Lakes define this mid-1960s landscape. Eustis sits prominently at the north, its residential streets reaching toward Trout Lake and Lake Gracie, while the county seat of Tavares occupies the narrow land bridge between Lake Eustis and Lake Dora. The Seaboard Coast Line railroad creates a vital corridor through the region, passing through Ellsworth Junction and providing a backbone for the developing towns.

Social and educational life is grounded in established institutions like the Miner-Rosenwald Academy and Eustis Heights Sch. To the southeast, Mount Dora rises above the lakefront, characterized by its grid and public spaces like Donnelly Park. The map also captures smaller communities and developments such as Tangerine and Harbor Shores, alongside numerous named water bodies including Lake Saunders and Lake Joanna, which reflect the region's unique geography of limestone sinkhole lakes and interconnected basins.