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1966 Map of Monteocha

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Monteocha
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

The Santa Fe River meanders along the Bradford Co Alachua Co line, defining a landscape of low-lying wetlands and scattered rural settlements. During the mid-1960s, this area north of Gainesville maintained a strong network of country congregations and cemeteries, such as Old Jerusalem Ch and Rhuda Branch Cem. The map reveals a transition from the dense, saturated terrain of Mud Swamp to the more navigable lands near Monteocha.

Hydrological features dominate the central quadrangle, with Sunshine Lake and Trout Pond surrounded by smaller feeder streams like Monteocha Creek and Little Monteocha Creek. Evidence of earlier transport persists through a Railroad Grade in the southeast and a Covered Bridge on the western edge of the sheet. This survey provides a clear view of the rural infrastructure of North Florida before modern suburban expansion, documented through its numerous churches like Greater Bell Ch and Freedom Ch.