1972 Map of Coburn

About this map

Coburn sits along the rail line in the Texas Panhandle, a landscape defined by the drainage systems of Cottonwood Creek and Canyon Creek. This early 1970s survey illustrates a region where the traditional cattle country of the High Plains is overlaid with a developing energy infrastructure. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad bisects the terrain diagonally, serving as the primary corridor through the northern edge of the Lipscomb Co Hemphill Co boundary. Industrial development is evident through numerous Oil Wells, a Gas Well, and a central Pumping Sta, connected by an extensive network of pipelines. The map captures the quiet intersection of ranching geography and the extraction economy, showing how service points like Coburn functioned within the vast open spaces of the Eastern Panhandle.