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2016 Map of Ashland

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Ashland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The settlement of Ashland serves as a central hub in this Northeast Texas landscape, positioned where the boundaries of Upshur, Harrison, and Gregg Counties converge. This 2016 survey illustrates a rural environment defined by winding waterways and a dense network of country roads. The southern portion of the quadrangle is dominated by the sprawling wetlands of Little Cypress Bayou and Little Cypress Creek, which feed into French Lake.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family and community burial grounds, including Ashland Cemetery, Shady Grove Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, and the Simmons Cemetery. The topography transitions from the low-lying basins of Caney Creek and Panther Creek to slightly higher elevations near Ashland Heights and the community of Morton. Notable local landmarks like Bluff Spring Lake and various named roads such as Beauty Shop Road and Singleton Trace provide specific geographic markers for those researching 21st-century property and land use in this tri-county region.