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1966 Map of Box Church

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Box Church
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Navasota River meanders through the heart of this landscape, its path accompanied by an Old Channel Navasota River and numerous oxbow lakes such as Water Lake, Rush Lake, and Clear Lake. The rural character of Limestone County is defined here by small communities and a high density of family cemeteries, indicating a long-settled agrarian population. Box Church and Old Union serve as the primary hubs, with the latter featuring the Old Union Ch and Cox Cem nearby.

Industrial activity in the mid-1960s is evidenced by several Gas Well locations and a network of Pipeline corridors crossing the terrain. Elevated points like Cedar Mound, Andrews Hill, and Loftin Hill provide relief above the creek-fed lowlands of Dooley Creek and Faulkenberry Creek. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its precise locations of remote burial grounds, including the Hughes and Hyden Cem, Lenamon Cem, and Potter Shop Cem.