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1915 Map of Alief

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Alief
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1915
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1915

About this map

The settlement of Alief and the tiny outpost of Jeannetta anchor this 1915 survey of western Harris County, Texas. This pre-urban landscape is defined by the winding course of Brays Bayou and the straight line of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad. The map records the early social fabric of the dairy farming and rice-growing community through landmarks such as the Traceyville Church and Piney Point School.

Major thoroughfares like Westheimer Road and Old Richmond Road appear as simple dirt tracks connecting remote farmsteads long before the region's suburban expansion. The southwestern corner is delineated by the Harris Co Fort Bend Co boundary, where the Missouri City Branch rail line terminates. Genealogists may find value in the specific location of a local Cem, situated just north of the rail tracks near the Alief townsite.