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1949 Map of Athens

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Athens
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Athens serves as the central hub of this East Texas survey, where the St Louis Southwestern and Texas and New Orleans (Southern Pacific) railroads intersect. The landscape is dotted with rural community markers, including numerous country churches such as Virginia Hill Ch, Modoc Ch, and Lee Spring Ch. These small centers of worship, often paired with local schools like Gum Creek Sch, reflect the distributed settlement pattern of the mid-20th century.

Water resources are prominent throughout the terrain, dominated by Coon Creek Lake and Catfish Creek. The map documents a transition from agricultural land to industrial activity, evidenced by the Clay Pit north of the main town. Genealogists will find significant value in the family-named burial grounds like Goodgame Cem, Mankoff Cem, and Barker Cem, which anchor the history of the Henderson County and Anderson County borderlands.