1973 Map of Liberty

About this map

The Liberty settlement and its surrounding wetlands define this portion of Walton County, surveyed in the early 1970s with updates into the mid-1980s. A network of freshwater lakes, including Kings Lake, Holly Lake, and Juniper Lake, dominates the southern landscape, while the northern reaches are characterized by specialized drainage patterns such as Cypress Drains and Bear Pen Island. The map records a rural economy shifting between traditional land use and military expansion, with Eglin Air Force Base bordering the southwestern corner. Genealogy and local history researchers will find the precise locations of the Piney Grove church and its associated cemetery, along with the small community at Cluster Springs. The terrain is marked by numerous industrial sandpits and a complex system of pipelines that cut across the local hydrology near Bell Bay Branch and Nowling Spring.