1936 Map South of Alafia River

This map shows the western portions of South County below the Alafia River to about where today's Big Bend Road is today. Note the location of Gibsonton, Gardensville and Adamsville. It is also interesting to note that today's US 301 is label State Route 5 and US 41. Today's US 41 is labeled SR 23 and US 541. US 541 was commissioned in 1932, a few years after the US route system was established, and it existed for only about 20 years. US 541 essentially functioned as a long business loop off US 41; its south end was not far from Tampa, in Palmetto: