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2010 Map of Bledsoe

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Bledsoe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Bledsoe sits at the northeastern corner of this West Texas landscape, where the High Plains meet the state line of New Mexico. The area is defined by a rigid grid of rural transport routes, including South Roosevelt Road A, County Rd-176, and Brown Ln, which support the local agricultural and ranching economy. This 2010 survey illustrates the transition from traditional farm-to-market roads like FM-769 and FM-2182 to the strictly ordered property and county lines typical of the Llano Estacado.

The terrain is remarkably level, interrupted primarily by the seasonal watercourse of Sulfer Draw, which meanders across the eastern half of the sheet. For genealogists and local historians, the map provides a precise record of the road network and township layout as it existed at the start of the twenty-first century, showing the physical relationship between the settlement of Bledsoe and the surrounding expanse of Cochran County.