Description: This detail of Asher and Adams' 1871 map of Florida shows county lines and county seats current to the period, major towns and cities, and railroad routes and stations in the northern Florida peninsula. The railroad routes shown are between Fernandina and Cedar Keys, Live Oak and Stadenville, Georgia, St. Augustine and Tocoi, the route between Jacksonville westward to Tallahassee, with a spur from Junction to Monticello in Jefferson County. The Township and Range survey grid is shown extending from the Tallahassee Base Line and the Tallahassee Meridian (established in 1824). Several city names have subtitles, such as Rosehead or Perry in Taylor County, Ocala or Marion Center in Marion County, McIntosh or New Troy in Lafayette County, and Brooksville or Pierceville in Hernando County. Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center.
Place Names: 1860-1879, Fernandina, Jacksonville, Saint Augustine, Enterprise, Baldwin, Lake Butler, Pilatka, Palatka, Orlando, Live Oak, Gainsville, Ocala, Sumterville, Brooksville, Bronson, McIntosh, Madison, Rosehead, Perry, Monticello
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, transportation
Keywords: Detail - Asher & Adams’ Florida, physical, political, transportation, physical features, major political subdivisions, county borders, railroads, boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, transportation, Unknown,1871
Source: Asher & Adams, Asher & Adams’ new commercial, topographical, and statistical atlas and gazetteer of the United States (New York, NY: Asher & Adams, 1871)
Map Credit: Courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of South Florida |
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