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2022 Map of Ables Springs

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Ables Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The sprawling waters of Lake Tawakoni dominate the northern landscape of this region, where Hunt, Kaufman, and Van Zandt Counties meet. The shoreline is deeply articulated by geographic points and reaches with distinctive names like Wounded Man Reach, Medicine Man Reach, and Red Bear Reach. This modern survey reveals how the reservoir has reshaped the local geography, creating sheltered areas such as Kitsee Inlet and Mustang Cove that now define the northern boundary of the traditional farming communities to the south.

Away from the lakefront, the settlement pattern remains rural and focused on small crossroads like Ables Springs and Alsa. Genealogists will find several burial grounds preserved across the prairie, including Ables Springs Cem, Whites Prairie Cem, and Cedar Grove Cem. The landscape is drained by a network of winding waterways such as Duck Cr and Milton Holland Cr, which feed into the larger Trinity River basin system as it existed in the early 21st century.