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1959 Map of Forest City

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Forest City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Wekiwa Springs State Park and the headwaters of the Wekiwa River anchor this landscape along the border of Orange and Seminole counties. The area exhibits a significant transition from the conservation lands around Wekiwa Springs and Witherington Spring in the north to the rapidly expanding residential developments of Altamonte Springs and Longwood in the south. Purple revisions from the late 1970s illustrate the post-war suburban transformation, showing the dense street networks of Weathersfield and Riverside Acres alongside long-standing local institutions like Forest Lake Academy.

The southern portion of the map is defined by a dense cluster of water bodies, including Bear Lake, Lake Lotus, and Lake Destiny, which shaped the early layout of communities like Forest City and Lockhart. Infrastructure such as the Seaboard Coast Line and remnants of an Old Railroad Grade trace the legacy of early Florida transport. Cultural landmarks, from the Highland Memory Garden to Mt Tabor Ch, provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing family roots in this central Florida corridor.