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1994 Map of Sycamore

Name: 1994 Topographic Map of Sycamore
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1998
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1998

About this map

The crossroads community of Sycamore and the scattered rural homesteads of northwest Florida are preserved in this mid-1990s record. The landscape is defined by its numerous small congregational centers and family burial grounds, including Little Sycamore Ch, Bethel Ch, and the Smith Cem. In the southern portion of the sheet, the expansive Robert Brent State Wildlife Management Area covers a large section of the terrain, crossing the boundary from Gadsden into Liberty County.

Historical property boundaries are remarkably visible, notably the Forbes Purchase Line and Purchase Line, which represent significant early land claims in Florida history. These lines cut across the natural drainage patterns of Telogia Creek and Juniper Creek, illustrating the intersection of colonial-era surveying and the local river-and-branch ecology that sustained this timber and farming region.