Center serves as the focal point of this Shelby County landscape, showing the town's radial road network and development patterns at the start of the decade. The area is characterized by numerous family and community burial grounds, including Asbury Chapel Cemetery and Blount Cemetery, which offer valuable data points for genealogists researching East Texas lineage. A complex drainage system of creeks and bayous, such as Chicken Bayou and Huana Creek, crosscuts the terrain, influencing the placement of rural outposts like North Jericho and Lamar.
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1953 · Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Center
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1958 · San Augustine
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1958 · Martinsville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1958 · Timpson
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1984 · Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1984 · Logansport West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1984 · Center
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1984 · Hurstown
USGS Topo · 1:24,000