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1950 Map of Hinsons Cross Roads

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Hinsons Cross Roads
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Hinsons Cross Roads serves as a central hub in this mid-century Florida landscape, where the borders of Washington, Holmes, and Walton counties converge. The geography is defined by a dense network of wetlands and swamps, including Yates Swamp and the descriptively named Shaky Joe Swamp. Life in the late 1940s centered around small rural communities and crossroad junctions such as Whitehead Cross Roads and Five Points.

Social and communal life is reflected in the numerous country churches and small institutions scattered throughout the piney woods, from St Matthews Ch and Bethel Ch in the north to New Bethany Ch and Unity Ch further south. The map documents a time when local education was still decentralized at the Davis Sch and burials were maintained at the Clarkston Cem. Named clearings and fields like Page Clearing and Buck Hammock Field point to an era of localized agriculture and logging amidst the low-lying terrain.