1919 Map of Clodine

About this map

The San Antonio and Aransas Pass R R cuts a straight line through this Gulf Coast prairie landscape, passing through the settlement of Clodine just north of the Harris Co Fort Bend Co line. This preliminary 1919 survey documents a region in transition, where early transportation routes like the Texas Western R R (Abandoned) were already fading from the map. The drainage patterns of the upper Buffalo Bayou and Brays Bayou systems are meticulously charted, showing the natural meandering of these waterways before modern flood control efforts. Local thoroughfares such as Barker Road and Addicks Road connect the scattered homesteads near Howell to the larger rail network. The map notably leaves a portion as a Preliminary Edition Unsurveyed Area, reflecting the ongoing nature of the USGS work in the Texas coastal plain during the early twentieth century.