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1900 Map of Coalgate

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Coalgate
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1914
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1914

About this map

Coalgate serves as the industrial and population anchor of this territory, emerging at the junction of the Missouri Kansas and Texas RR and the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf RR. Surveyed in the mid-1890s, the map documents a transitional landscape where the tribal boundaries of the Seminole Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Creek Nation, and Choctaw Nation converge. The terrain is defined by the winding course of the Canadian River to the north and the prominent Limestone Ridge to the southeast.

Smaller settlements like Calvin, Stuart, and Guertie are linked by a developing network of roads and rail lines, reflecting the region's early mining and agricultural growth. Genealogists can trace the early locations of rural hubs such as Nixon, Oconee, and Leader, while the presence of Numerous creek systems like Boggy Creek and Caney Creek illustrates the natural drainage patterns that dictated early ranching and settlement sites.