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1943 Map of Tallahassee

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Tallahassee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Tallahassee is captured here as a growing capital city during the early 1940s, its urban footprint defined by the presence of Florida State College for Women and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College. The Seaboard Air Line RR serves as a primary transit artery, cutting through the terrain towards the Municipal Airport. Beyond the city limits, the landscape transitions into the heavily wooded wetlands of the Apalachicola National Forest, where a network of family-named schools and churches like Richardson Sch and Zion Hill Ch anchor rural communities.

The western edge of the survey is dominated by the sprawling waters of Lake Talquin and the winding course of the Ochlockonee River. This era of Leon County history is marked by established surveyor lines, including the Base Line and Purchase Line, which helped organize the settlement of outlying villages like Hilliardville and Midway. The presence of numerous landings such as High Bluff Ldg and Scott Ldg indicates a landscape still deeply connected to its riverways and lakes.