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2022 Map of Cresson

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Cresson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The settlement of Cresson sits at the junction of three counties — Hood, Johnson, and Parker — serving as a central point for the surrounding ranchlands and prairie. To the north, the small community of Wheatland rests near the banks of the Clear Fork Trinity River, illustrating a long-standing settlement pattern along this vital waterway. The landscape is deeply marked by local family history, preserved through numerous burial grounds such as Keyes Cem, Corn Cem, and the Bear Creek / Reynolds Cem.

Aviation plays a distinctive role in this landscape, with small runways like Bourland Field, Chigger Field, and the colorfully named Chicken Strip Airport dispersed among the rolling drainage of Bear Cr and Mustang Cr. These private and community airfields, alongside a network of local roads like Pork Chop Hill, reflect the transition of traditional cattle country into a contemporary rural-residential corridor southwest of the Metroplex.