1940 Map of Tallahassee

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The capital city Tallahassee centers this pre-war landscape, showing a period of significant growth for the State College for Women and the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College. The developed core is surrounded by an extensive network of rural churches and schools that served the outlying Leon County farming communities, including the Vaughn Chapel and the Richardson Sch. To the west, the reservoir of Lake Talquin and the wide expanse of the Apalachicola National Forest dominate the terrain, reflecting the early 20th-century focus on forest management and hydroelectric development. The Seaboard Air Line railroad provides a critical transit spine through the region, connecting the small settlement of Midway to the city. Notable surveyors such as G. E. Sisson and H. F. Ewing documented this transition from a concentrated administrative hub to a landscape increasingly influenced by the Municipal Airport and organized timberlands.