1950 Map of Izagora

About this map

The Choctawhatchee River winds through this 1950 survey, defining the border between Geneva County and Holmes County. This area of the Florida-Alabama line is characterized by river-driven geography, including the distinct Alberson Stretch and various oxbow-adjacent features like Blackfish Lake. Rural life in this period centered around dispersed settlements and faith communities, notably Izagora and Pittman, as well as numerous country churches such as Cedar Grove Ch and New Zion Ch. The landscape is a network of small watercourses like Hominy Creek and Tiger Sikes Creek feeding the larger river system. Local infrastructure of the era is preserved here in the form of Curry Ferry and the Bonifay Highway, showing how residents navigated this water-abundant region before modern bridging was universal.