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1952 Map of Colorado City

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Colorado City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Colorado City serves as the focal point of this West Texas landscape, where the Texas and Pacific railroad bisects the town and drives the local economy. The residential grid is well-defined, supporting essential civic structures including the Courthouse, several local schools like Hutchinson Sch and Wallace Sch, and the municipal Waterworks. Beyond the city limits, the terrain is shaped by the winding course of Lone Wolf Creek and Champion Creek, which provide vital water sources in an area otherwise marked by intermittent drainage like Bone Hollow.

Rural life in the early 1950s is evidenced by a network of country schools and churches, such as Longfellow Sch and Faith Chapel. The map also captures the early industrial presence of the region, noting an Oil Well to the northwest and a Gravel Pit south of the main rail line. Local history researchers will find significant value in the documentation of multiple burial grounds, including Zions Rest Cem and White Cem, which anchor the small outlying communities of Buford and Valley View.