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1889 Map of Coleman

Name: 1889 Topographic Map of Coleman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

About this map

Coleman emerges as a developing railroad hub in this late 19th-century survey of Central Texas. The landscape is dominated by the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, which bisects the region and facilitates the growth of settlements like Santa Anna and Bangs. The presence of Camp Colorado north of Waites Creek serves as a reminder of the area's earlier frontier significance. The terrain is defined by a dense network of watercourses, including Jim Ned Creek and the wide drainage of Pecan Bayou in the northeast.

Local landmarks such as the Santa Anna Mountains and Speck Mountain provide distinct navigational points for researchers tracing early land patents. Small, outlying communities like Trickham, Thrifty, and Cedarton are connected by a web of primitive roads, illustrating the transition from a purely ranching economy to one anchored by the rails. Genealogists can use the proximity of these early settlements to features like Waites Creek and Hords Creek to pinpoint ancestral homesteads during this period of settlement.