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1943 Map of Lake Talquin

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Lake Talquin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Lake Talquin dominates the upper half of this landscape, its complex shoreline defined by numerous landings such as Browns Ldg, Smith Ldg, and Rawlings Ldg. The reservoir, formed along the Ochlockonee River, sits at the intersection of Leon, Gadsden, and Liberty Counties, where the terrain shifts from the agricultural uplands near Holland to the heavily forested tracts of the Apalachicola National Forest.

Rural infrastructure is well-defined by a network of historic routes like the Federal Road and the established Base Line. Local communities are anchored by small churches and schools, including Antioch Ch and the Bear Creek Sch. In the southern portion of the map, the landscape is defined by a dense network of tributaries like Sopchoppy River and Pine Creek as they drain through the protected forest lands toward the Gulf coast.