2019 Map of Center

About this map

The town of Center serves as the focal point of this Shelby County landscape, showing the convergence of State Highway 7 and State Highway 87 amidst a complex network of county roads. The settlement pattern is characterized by numerous small family and community burial grounds, such as Oaklawn Cem and Prairie View Cem, which offer significant touchstones for genealogical research in east Texas. North of the city center, the terrain is defined by the winding course of Chicken Bayou and Plum Creek, while Center Municipal Airport marks the transition toward more open industrial and transportation land use. The density of sites like Asbury Chapel Cem and Pleasant Grove Cem suggests a long-established rural population rooted in the area's creeks and small timbered drainages, providing a detailed look at the local geography as it existed in the late 2010s.