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1894 Map of Blanco

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Blanco
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1894
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1894

About this map

Pedernales River and the Blanco River snake through a landscape defined by ranching and small-scale settlement in this late nineteenth-century portrait of the Texas Hill Country. The map centers on the seat of Blanco and the rising hub of Johnson City, appearing here just decades after their founding. The topography is meticulously captured, revealing the prominence of Round Mountain and the distinctively named Lone Man Mt and Lone Woman Mt in the south.

Water sources are the primary drivers of settlement, with communities like Cypress Mill, Sandy, and Dripping Springs anchored by their namesake creeks. Farther east, the Colorado River cuts through the northeast corner near Corwin, while the south features the geologic curiosity of Jacobs Well. This survey represents the region before the modernization of the mid-twentieth century, showing a network of rural roads connecting isolated post offices and family-named land features such as Shovel Mountain and Dead Mans Hole.