1953 Map of Lake Poinsett

About this map

Lake Poinsett and the serpentine St Johns River anchor this mid-century Florida landscape, revealing a period when the riverine environment began to intersect with modern infrastructure. The map documents an intricate network of water management, visible through the extensive Levee systems and numerous Spoil Banks that line the river's path toward Lake Winder. Settlement patterns are concentrated in the northeast corner around Cocoa and Rockledge, while the wetlands to the west remain largely dominated by fishing and hunting outposts like Lone Cabbage Camp and Poinsett Lodge. A curious local detail is the Trailer Park Cem near the newly established highways, while Mulberry Mound suggests much older layers of human presence on the river's edge. The inclusion of Lake Florence and Barnett Lake highlights the basin's complex drainage before later 20th-century developments.