2016 Map of Chinquapin

About this map

The Sabine National Forest anchors the northeastern corner of this landscape along the border of San Augustine and Sabine Counties. Deeply rural, the area is defined by a dense network of watercourses including Chinquapin Cr, Tebo Cr, and Chiamon Bayou. For genealogists and local historians, the map is remarkably detailed regarding burial sites, preserving the locations of the Redlands Cem, Sheffield Cem, and Head Family Cem, among others. These small family and community cemeteries are often the last physical markers of early East Texas settlements like Venable and Fords Corner. The presence of the Fairway Farm Airport and several farm-to-market roads, such as FM 1 and FM 3483, illustrates how the timber and agricultural lands were accessed in the early twenty-first century.