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1956 Map of Cherokee

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Cherokee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The community of Cherokee serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey of the Texas Hill Country, situated where the northern prairies meet the broken terrain of the Llano Uplift. Small-scale agriculture and ranching define the settlement patterns, centered around the local High Sch and several family burial grounds including Hanna Cem and Kuykendall Cem. The landscape shifts south of the San Saba Co Llano Co line, where the topography becomes significantly more complex.

A distinct sense of local history is preserved near Babyhead Mountain, where the map identifies the Babyhead Sch (Aban'd) and the small settlement of Babyhead. This southern portion of the quadrangle is defined by a dense network of watercourses, such as Little Llano River, Babyhead Creek, and Wrights Creek, which carve through the elevations and likely influenced the early routes and homestead locations in the region.