1949 Map of Keystone Heights

About this map

The town of Keystone Heights serves as a hub for this lake-strewn landscape where Clay, Bradford, and Alachua counties meet. Published mid-century with 1970 revisions, the map reveals a community defined by its proximity to water, featuring dozens of named basins including Brooklyn Lake, Little Santa Fe Lake, and Lake Geneva. Notable local landmarks like the Brooklyn School and the Lake Bedford Camp point to the area's development as a residential and recreational destination. To the north, the Keystone Airpark and the Southern railroad line mark the industrial and transport infrastructure of the era. Smaller settlements like Theressa and Santa Fe Beach appear alongside specialized locales such as Tibbits Park Palms, reflecting the early 20th-century growth of these lakeside communities before later modern expansion altered the rural character of the interior Florida peninsula.