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1957 Map of Miccosukee NE

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Miccosukee NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Georgia-Florida state line bisects this landscape, revealing a mid-century rural region defined by its dispersed religious centers and scattered ponds. In the northern section, within Grady and Thomas counties, small rural congregations like Mercy Seat Ch and Trinity Ch anchor the community, often situated near family burial grounds such as Copeland Cem and Spring Hill Cem. The terrain is characterized by a series of significant water bodies, including the prominent Foshalee Lake in the southwest and a network of smaller basins like Gin House Pond and Ferguson Pond.

A distinct surveyed boundary known as the Watson Line cuts across the lower half of the map, marking historic property or jurisdictional divisions south of the state border in Leon County. The distribution of churches, including Mt Sinai Ch and Antioch Ch, alongside water features like Slater Branch and Dry Creek, illustrates a traditional Southern agricultural settlement pattern where social life was tied closely to the land and local parishes.