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2012 Map of Aspermont

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Aspermont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Aspermont serves as the focal point of this West Texas landscape, where the town's grid of residential streets like Mayfield and Smith St gives way to the vast cattle and oil country of Stonewall County. The presence of the Boyd Oil Field in the northeast quadrant highlights the region's industrial ties to petroleum, while the Stonewall County Airport and the nearby Douglas Flying Service Private Airport reflect the importance of general aviation in this wide-open terrain.

Water plays a central role in the topography, with the Salt Fork Brazos River meandering through the northeast corner. A network of seasonally dry drainages, including Stinking Cr, Turtle Cr, and Rock Cr, carves through the plains toward the river. For genealogists and local historians, Shadle Cem is a significant landmark located west of the town center, preserved amidst the ranch roads and farm-to-market routes that connect the scattered homesteads.