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1964 Map of Centerville

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Centerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Centerville serves as the focal point of this Leon County survey, anchored by its central Court House, Po, and High Sch. The town layout in the mid-1960s shows a transitional period for the county seat, where traditional civic centers meet modern infrastructure like the Sewage Disposal Ponds and the nearby Gravel Pit. The surrounding landscape is defined by an intricate network of waterways, including Lower Keechi Creek and its many tributaries such as Whites Branch and Cattail Branch, which carved through the terrain long before modern highways 7 and 75 were established.

Small rural clusters like Midway and Pleasant Springs provide evidence of earlier settlement patterns. For the family historian, the map preserves the locations of vital community landmarks including Hopewell Ch, New Zion Ch, and an African Ch, alongside scattered rural Cem sites. These features collectively illustrate the social and economic geography of East Texas just before the expansion of modern interstate travel transformed local mobility.