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1969 Map of Brookeland

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Brookeland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Sabine National Forest dominates this landscape, showing a period of significant geographical change as the massive Sam Rayburn Reservoir and Toledo Bend Reservoir reshape the local topography. This 1969 revision highlights the encroachment of water upon old timberlands and rural communities, while still preserving the locations of earlier settlements and family landmarks. The settlement at Brookeland remains a focal point, surrounded by a dense network of smaller locales such as Weeks Settlement, Stumptown, and Stringtown.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of burial sites and country churches, including the Lowe Cem (Historical Mon), Spring Hill Ch, and Weeks Chapel. The mapping of an Old Railroad Grade and fire towers like the Mayflower Lookout and Morton Lookout speaks to the region's industrial heritage in the East Texas piney woods. Scattered cemeteries such as Mc Elroy Cem and Bay Springs Cem provide essential markers for tracing families who resided in the area before the reservoirs reached their full extent.