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1957 Map of China Springs

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of China Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

China Springs serves as the focal point of this Central Texas landscape, situated between the winding Brazos River to the east and the North Bosque River to the southwest. The map documents a period of rural transition in McLennan County, evidenced by several roads marked as Under Construction and a landscape dotted with numerous Gravel Pits. Local genealogy is well-preserved through family-named locations such as Payne and Graves, alongside community anchors like Oak Grove Ch and the Wortham Bend Cem.

The terrain is defined by a network of drainage systems, including Childress Creek and Wildcat Creek, which cut through the undulating limestone topography. A distinctive bend in the Brazos known as Wortham Bend dominates the northeast, while the settlement of Erath occupies the southeastern corner. Small family plots like the Patrick Cem and various unnamed cemeteries provide critical points of interest for researchers tracing 20th-century Texas land use and settlement patterns.