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1952 Map of Exeter

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Exeter
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Exeter and the surrounding Tulare County agricultural corridor are captured here during a period of significant irrigation development. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of water management, featuring the Friant Kern Canal, St Johns River, and Kaweah River feeding numerous ditches like Peoples Ditch and Wutchumna Ditch. This infrastructure supported established citrus and fruit-growing communities such as Lemoncove, Ivanhoe, and Woodlake.

Transit patterns of the era are visible through the operations of the Visalia Electric Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad, which served the local packing houses. The survey also notes specific cultural sites including the Duntah Indian Campground Site and the Sequoia State Fish Hatchery. Educational and civic life is marked by numerous rural schoolhouses, such as Elbow Sch and Outside Creek School, and the Tulare County Farm Labor Supply Center near Linnel PO.