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2021 Map of Hawthorne

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Hawthorne
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Hawthorne serves as the central hub of this North Florida landscape, where the convergence of the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trl and various regional rail-aligned corridors marks the town's historical development. The map reveals a dense network of hydrologic features and low-lying terrain, including the expansive Lochloosa Wildlife Conservation Area and water bodies such as Lake Jeffords, Moss Lee Lake, and Little Orange Lake. These lakes are interspersed with unique grasslands like Stanley Prairie and Fowlers Prairie, illustrating the complex prairie-and-lake ecology characteristic of the Alachua and Putnam county borders.

Local history is well-preserved through numerous small burying grounds, including Morrison Cem, Drummond Cem, and Gilgal Cem near the settlement of McMeekin. In the town center, the Hawthorne Baptist Church and Hawthorne Cem anchor the community's oldest surveyed blocks. To the south, the village of Lochloosa sits near the shores of Lochloosa Lake, providing a clear view of the area's rural settlement patterns and conservation boundaries.