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1895 Map of Tsala Apopka

Name: 1895 Topographic Map of Tsala Apopka
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1895
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1895

About this map

Tsala Apopka Lake dominates the eastern half of this 1893 survey, appearing as a complex system of marshes, islands, and open water through which the Withlacoochee River and Dead River flow. The settlement pattern is defined by the Savannah Florida and Western R. R., which links the communities of Hartshorn, Hernando, Arlington, and Inverness. Further west, Lecanto and the early county seat of Mannfield are situated among hundreds of tightly packed contour lines indicating the high, dry hammocks that contrast sharply with the riverine lowlands to the east.

Local industry and infrastructure are represented by the Hamburg Mine south of Inverness and river crossings like Stokes Ferry and Morrison Landing. Numerous named islands within the lake system, such as Gospel Island, Gilchrist Island, and Point Lonesome, provide specific locations for genealogists and local historians to trace early homesteads and land use before later twentieth-century drainage and development projects altered the Florida interior.