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1956 Map of Winter Garden

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Winter Garden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

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The sprawling eastern shore of Lake Apopka anchors this mid-century portrait of Orange County’s citrus heartland. Growing towns like Winter Garden and Ocoee are shown as they expanded toward the south and east, with newer urban footprints marked in purple revisions against the earlier 1956 landscape. The area’s agrarian origins are evident in the numerous namesake lakes and the Seaboard Coast Line railroad that facilitated the local economy.

Key civic institutions are documented across the terrain, including Lakeview High Sch, Dillard Street Sch, and several community burial grounds like Ocoee Cem. The 1981 updates illustrate the significant impact of modern infrastructure, most notably the arrival of Floridas Turnpike, which bisected the landscape and signaled the shift from a rural citrus-growing region toward a more connected suburban corridor.