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1960 Map of Camilla

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Camilla
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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The Trinity River snakes through the northeast corner of this 1960s survey, defining the eastern border of San Jacinto County against Polk County. The landscape is dominated by the dense canopy of the Sam Houston National Forest, which covers the central and southern portions of the quadrangle. Settlement is concentrated along the higher ground to the north, where small communities like Camilla and Rose Hill are situated. Cultural markers of the era include several country churches and burial grounds, such as Sweet Home Ch, Spring Ridge Ch, and the Ellis Cem.

Tracing the path of the Old RR Grade reveals a fragment of earlier transport history, now bypassed by modern roads like Route 150. The riparian environment of the Simon Bottom is characterized by numerous oxbow lakes and ponds, including Blue Lake, Toms Lake, and Stock Pen Lake, illustrating the river's historical shifting course. Further south, the terrain drains into Tarkington Bayou and Big Creek, where the forest remains largely undisturbed except for the presence of a Pipeline right-of-way.