2010 Map of Chappell Hill

About this map

Chappell Hill and its Main Street Historic District anchor the southeast corner of this Washington County landscape, where the terrain is defined by a dense network of family-named cemeteries and small rural settlements. The map documents a transition from the agricultural heritage of Wiedeville and Earlywine to modern developments such as the Brenham Municipal Airport and Brenham Golf Course in the west. A complex drainage system feeds into New Year Creek and Woodward Creek, supporting several local reservoirs including Stolz Lake and Research Farms Lake. For genealogists, the sheer density of burial sites—ranging from the Masonic Cemetery and Baptist Hill Cemetery to private family grounds like Willingham Cemetery and Atkinson Cemetery—provides an exceptional record of the area's ancestral residents and community structure at the start of the 21st century.