2010 Map of Ater

About this map

The Leon River and its numerous tributaries, including Kelly Branch and Plum Creek, dominate the rural topography of this Coryell County landscape. Several small historic communities are dispersed along the road network, including the eponymous Ater, as well as Pancake to the north and Ames to the southeast. For genealogists, the map provides precise locations for several family and community burial grounds, such as Wood Cemetery, Young Cemetery, and Weaver Chapel Cemetery, which are often the primary remaining evidence of early settlement patterns in this part of Texas. Modern land management is represented by the M D M Grazing Association Dam, while the transition toward the drainage basins of the Middle Bosque River and Coryell Creek suggests a highly dissected terrain defined by its watercourses and farm-to-market roads like FM 217.