1963 Map of Crecy

About this map

The Davy Crockett National Forest dominates this section of Trinity County, where timber and small-scale agriculture defined the local economy in the early 1960s. The settlement of Crecy and nearby Centerville serve as focal points in a landscape carved by the meandering courses of Piney Creek and Alabama Creek. Evidence of earlier industrial footprints remains visible through an Old Railroad Grade and a Borrow Pit, indicating the transition from heavy logging rail to modern road networks. For genealogists, the map is particularly useful for locating small family and community burial grounds, including the McLain Cem, Moore Cem, and Bennett Cem. Local religious life is anchored by country churches like Antioch Ch and the 321 North Creek Ch, which appear as landmarks along the winding state routes and unimproved dirt roads that thread through the creek bottoms.