1967 Map of Crews

About this map

The rolling plains of northeastern Runnels County are defined by a mix of ranching and petroleum extraction in this late 1960s survey. The landscape is marked by the Sykes Oil Field and Clayton Oil Field, where industrial infrastructure like a Gas Plant and a Landing Strip sit alongside established rural communities. Small settlements such as Crews and Davenport serve as local anchors, while the Harmony Ch and Hopewell Ch provide evidence of the area's long-standing social and religious foundations. Water is a central element of the terrain, with Lake Winters in the west and a network of drainages including Elm Creek and Mud Creek carving through the land. This map captures the region just as photogrammetric revisions were beginning to document subtle shifts in land use and fencing across the Texas brush country.