1944 Map of Wesley Chapel
USGS Topo · Published 1961About this map
Wesley Chapel and the surrounding pine flatwoods of the Florida interior are defined by a complex mosaic of wetlands and small lakes in this mid-1940s survey. The landscape is split by the Pasco Co Hillsborough Co line, showing the region before the era of intensive suburban development. To the south, the Hillsborough River snakes through the corner of the map, buffered by the dense woodlands of Hillsborough State Park. The settlement of Branchton sits near the river's edge, highlighting the early rural nodes of the county. This mapping, based on 1942 aerial photography, captures the hydrological network of Trout Creek and dozens of unnamed ponds that once characterized this section of the peninsula.
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