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1895 Map of Williston

Name: 1895 Topographic Map of Williston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

The Florida Central and Peninsular R.R. anchors the western corridor of this landscape, reflecting a late nineteenth-century economy built on transportation and extraction. Industry is visible through the Standard Mine and a dedicated area labeled Phosphate near Morriston, while a network of smaller tracks like the Eagle Mine B.R. and a Tramway near Flemington connect rural outposts to larger markets.

Surface water dominates the northern terrain, characterized by expansive wet prairies and basins such as Ledwith Lake, Priest Prairie, and Johnson Pond. The presence of small settlements like Fanville, Elmwood, and Wacahoota illustrates a scattered residential pattern common before the major twentieth-century drainage and development projects. This survey by W.M. L. Miller and W.M. H. Griffin provides an exact record of the tri-county boundary where Alachua, Levy, and Marion counties meet.