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1912 Map of Buckholts

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Buckholts
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1912
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1912

About this map

Little River meanders across this Central Texas landscape, its intricate oxbows and floodplain defining the topography just south of the G. C. & S. F. Ry. line. In the early twentieth century, this portion of Milam County was a patchwork of small farms and tenant holdings, anchored by the town of Buckholts and the small settlement of Lilac. The infrastructure of the day relied heavily on river crossings, documented here by the Wire Bridge and Bryant Station Bridge.

Social life centered on rural institutions like Friendship Church and a network of neighborhood schoolhouses including Liveoak, Corinth, and Clays Creek School. The map records specific property names such as Stink Hill Farm, Moheneys Farm, and Pool Farm, providing valuable geographic markers for genealogists tracing families in the Brazos River watershed before modern agricultural consolidation changed the landscape.