1925 Map of Ballinger 4-c

About this map

The confluence of the Colorado River and the Concho River dominates this 1925 survey of the West Texas borderlands between Coleman, Runnels, and Concho Counties. This advance sheet captures the landscape at a transition point for rural education and transportation before the widespread modernization of regional infrastructure. Scattered schools, including Grape Creek School, Liberty School, and Redwine School, serve as the primary anchors for the surrounding agrarian community. The river systems define the movement of the era, marked by established river crossings such as Coffee Ford, Trap Crossing, and Winkler Ford. These specific crossing points and local tributaries like Gatling Creek and Spring Branch provide essential data for researchers tracing early 20th-century family locations and property boundaries in this sparsely settled region.