1956 Map of Griffins Corner

About this map

Griffins Corner and Lemon Grove anchor this mid-century survey of the Hardee County interior, where the landscape is defined by a dense network of wetlands and meandering waterways. The drainage pattern is intricate, dominated by Charlie Creek and its many tributaries, including Old Town Creek and Buckhorn Creek. This era of the landscape shows a rural economy transitioning through improved roads while maintaining local social centers like the Rest Haven County Home and Hart Cem. The mapping, based on 1952 aerial photography and later planetable surveys, captures the precise extent of seasonal wetlands and wooded branches such as Lake Dale Branch and Bee Branch, which dictate the placement of local homesteads and small-scale agriculture across the flat Florida terrain.