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1955 Map of Aledo

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Aledo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Aledo townsite serves as the primary hub of this landscape, situated at the junction of the Texas and Pacific railroad and a network of local roads including the Veterans World War II Highway. The map captures a moment of transition where the agricultural character of the land, evidenced by Stockyards and Silos, meets the expanding reach of nearby Tarrant County. The topography is defined by the winding course of the Clear Fork Trinity River and its numerous tributaries like Little Marys Creek and South Marys Creek.

Family history is preserved in several small burial grounds across the area, including Underwood Cemetery, Brown Cemetery, and McConnell Cem. Industrial activity is localized in several Gravel Pits and a Quarry, while the boundary between Parker and Tarrant counties bisects the eastern half of the sheet. The survey details the early development patterns of Iona and the western edge of Benbrook as they stood in the mid-1950s.