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1938 Map of Harold

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Harold
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

The Louisville and Nashville railroad corridor bisects the Santa Rosa County landscape, connecting the small communities of Harold and Floridale during the mid-1930s. This survey by B. P. Taylor and H. G. Warner captures a river-centric economy where the Blackwater River and Yellow River define travel and settlement patterns. Numerous landings such as Race Track Landing, Butter Landing, and Faulks Ferry Landing indicate a reliance on these waterways for transport before the modernization of the local road network.

South of the Tallahassee Base Line, the topography shifts into the Choctawhatchee National Forest, a region marked by fire surveillance infrastructure like the Metts Lookout Tower and Amilligan Lookout Tower. Local history is preserved through rural landmarks such as the Pleasant Home Ch, Welcome Ch, and the Flowers Field Cemetery, while family names are etched into the terrain at the Old Whitmire Place and Old Land Place.