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2013 Map of Cameron

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Cameron
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Cameron serves as the focal point of this Milam County landscape, where the dense street grid of the county seat transitions into the expansive bottomlands of the Little River. The river winds across the terrain, joined by tributaries such as Bear Cr, Sandy Cr, and Cannonsnap Cr. The distribution of family burial grounds and small community settlements like Marlow, Hoyte, and Minerva reflects the agricultural and genealogical heritage of the region. A significant industrial presence is noted in the south at the Minerva-Rockdale Oil Field.

Family history is deeply embedded in the land, evidenced by an exceptional concentration of cemeteries. These range from established sites like Oak Hill Cem and the Santa Monica Catholic Cem to smaller, lineage-specific locations including the Culpepper Family Cem, Payatka Family Cem, and the Brewer-Slocomb Cem. More specialized markers of the area's social history appear in the labels for the Poor Farm-Cameron Cem and the Santa Monica Mausoleum.