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1967 Map of Ocala East

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Ocala East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Silver Springs serves as a focal point for this late-1960s landscape, where the Silver River begins its eastward flow toward the massive Marshall Swamp. The map documents a period of significant regional transformation, most notably the path of the Proposed Cross Florida Barge Canal cutting through the southern half of the quadrangle alongside the existing Seaboard Coast Line railroad.

Institutional and local history is deeply recorded here, from the Florida Sch for Girls and the County Prison near Maricamp to the site of Camp Roosevelt. Genealogists and researchers will find numerous landmarks including the Fort King Burial Grounds, Woodlawn Cemetery, and several rural churches such as Mt Canaan Ch and St Pauls Ch. The transition from the urban grid of Ocala to the outlying claypits and quarries illustrates the area's mid-century development and extraction economy.