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1943 Map of Hawthorn

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Hawthorn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The town of Hawthorn, with its busy junction of the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads, serves as a hub in this 1943 survey of eastern Alachua County. The landscape is defined by its extensive wetlands and water bodies, ranging from the massive Lake Newnan to the north and Big Santa Fe Lake at the border of Bradford County. Smaller communities like Campville, Orange Heights, and Melrose are connected by a network of early roads and rail spurs that supported the regional timber and agricultural interests of the era.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local landmarks, including many family and community burial grounds such as Providence Cem, St Paul Cem, and Drummond Cem. Spiritual centers like Ochwilla Church and Gorden Chapel are clearly marked, alongside distinctive landings such as Caraway & Phifer Landing on the northern shore of Lochloosa. The map captures a moment before modern development, where the shoreline of Little Orange Lake and the wetlands of Root Swamp remained largely untouched by large-scale drainage projects.