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1961 Map of Alvord

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Alvord
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The town of Alvord serves as the focal point for this Wise County landscape, situated along the Fort Worth and Denver railroad. The map depicts a region transitioning from rural agriculture to an intensive petroleum and natural gas economy, dominated by expansive areas like Alvord Field, Boonsville Oil Field, and the Alvord Southeast Bryson Oil Field. Dozens of individual oil and gas wells are scattered across the terrain, illustrating the industrial density of the mid-century Texas energy boom.

For those researching family history, the map preserves the locations of several community landmarks, including Pleasant View Ch, Hopewell Ch, and Mt Zion Ch. Numerous burial sites such as Jonestown Cem, Pleasant Grove Cem, and Briar Branch Cem are clearly marked, providing precise locations for rural cemeteries that remain significant to local genealogy. Small watercourses like Big Sandy Creek and Briar Branch weave between the production fields and old routes like Old Decatur Road.