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2022 Map of Bassett

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Bassett
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Sulphur River dominates the southern landscape of this Bowie County region, creating a broad wetland environment characterized by Mudd Lake and Calver Lake. Settlement is concentrated along the higher ground to the north, where small communities like Bassett, Darden, and Simms are connected by a network of farm-to-market roads and county routes. The area retains a deeply rural character, with the land crisscrossed by numerous small drainage ways including Blythe Creek, Brooks Cr, and Weaver Cr.

Genealogists will find several well-distributed burial sites that reflect the early settlement patterns of the area. These include Sand Hill Cem in the northeast and Cedar Grove Cem near Wards Creek Cem in the northwest. The presence of Morris Cem near the community of Siloam further highlights the family-centered history of this East Texas terrain, where the boundary between Bowie and Cass counties follows the meandering course of the river.