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1955 Map of Benbrook

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Benbrook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Benbrook Lake and the Benbrook Dam anchor the southern landscape of this 1950s Tarrant County survey, updated with late-1970s suburban expansion. The western edge of Fort Worth shows significant post-war growth, particularly around the sprawling Carswell Air Force Base and the municipality of White Settlement. This era marks the transition of rural land into residential tracts, visible in the purple revision overlays that highlight the spreading urban boundary into areas like Westland and Valley West Park.

Education and community hubs are well-documented, from Arlington Heights High School and Stripling Jr High School to the Phillips School and St Peters School. The industrial and transport history is defined by the Texas and Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads, which carved routes through the terrain alongside the Clear Fork Trinity River. Local recreation and private history appear via the Boaz Golf Course and a small private cemetery near the river bend.