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1965 Map of Chapel Hill

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Chapel Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Oklahoma Arkansas state line divides this 1960s landscape, where the Texas Oklahoma and Eastern railroad cuts through the southern timber and bottomlands. This survey documents the region just as the De Queen Dam (Under Constr) began altering the local geography. Blue hatching across the northeastern corner indicates the future footprint of the De Queen Lake reservoir, showing exactly which family lands and stream reaches along Story Creek were slated for inundation.

Local life is centered around small settlements like Ultima Thule and Chapel Hill, the latter featuring a clustered Community Building and Chapel Hill Cem. Genealogists will find several distinct burial grounds, including the Cane Creek Cem and West Line Cem near the McCurtain and Sevier County border. The map also records early industrial activity with numerous Gravel Pits and a Landing Strip situated along the rolling terrain of the Rolling and Monroe districts.