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1955 Map of Nichols

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Nichols
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

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Phosphate mining and agricultural rural life define this mid-century landscape along the Hillsborough and Polk County border. The industrial presence of the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads serves the heavy operations at Nichols and Coronet, where extensive Strip Mine works and large Tailings Pond systems are clearly delineated. These industrial sites contrast with the deeply rooted rural communities that dot the countryside, marked by numerous small churches such as Springhead Ch, Berea Ch, and Corinth Ch.

Education and local transit are anchored by the Glover Sch and Hopewell Station, while the northern portion of the quadrangle shows the early footprint of Drane Field and a local Drive-in Theater. The complex drainage of the North Prong Alafia River and its tributaries like English Creek and Poley Creek weave through a terrain of orchards and wetlands, illustrating the transition between industrial resource extraction and traditional Florida citrus and cattle country.