1949 Map of Mims

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Mims and East Mims serve as the focal points of this mid-century coastal survey, situated along the Florida East Coast rail line. The landscape is defined by its complex hydrology and early colonial land history, featuring massive tracts like the Bernardo Segui Grant and Domingo Acosta Grant that break the standard township grid. To the west, the citrus-growing region of Turnbull Hummock transitions into marshlands, while the east is dominated by the broad expanse of the Indian River and the Intracoastal Waterway. This era of the Florida coast is captured before the heavy development of the space-age, showing established settlements like La Grange and Allenhurst near Mosquito Lagoon. An Indian Mound near South Lake hints at much earlier indigenous habitation, providing a deep-time contrast to the modern transport networks of the 1940s.