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2016 Map of Cedar Hill

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Cedar Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Cedar Hill and the neighboring Dallas County suburbs represent a landscape of rapid residential expansion intermixed with significant topographical landmarks. The terrain is defined by the high ground of Cedar Bluff and the prominent Inspiration Point, overlooking the eastern reaches of Joe Pool Lake. In the northern half of the sheet, the urban footprints of Duncanville and DeSoto are dense with established neighborhoods, while Northwood University sits near the wooded slopes.

South of the Dallas and Ellis county line, the map transitions toward Midlothian and Ovilla, where the landscape remains more open and punctuated by family history sites like Rhodes Cemetery and Shiloh Cemetery. The presence of the Eagle's Nest Estates Airport and numerous named watercourses, such as Red Oak Creek and Tenmile Creek, illustrates the mix of modern infrastructure and the original drainage patterns that shaped early settlement in this part of North Texas.