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1919 Map of Crosby

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of Crosby
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Crosby sits at a critical rail junction in northeastern Harris County, where the Southern Pacific and the Texas and New Orleans and Liberty Houston railroads intersect. This 1916 survey, published in 1919, captures a landscape defined by its riparian boundaries and agricultural infrastructure. The San Jacinto River carves a deep, braided path through the western portion of the map, creating a series of named water bodies like Bakers Lake, Clarks Lake, and Granite Lake.

To the east, the rural character of the era is evident through a network of country schools, including Gum Gully School, Ramsey School, Adlong School, and Krenek School, which served the scattered farmsteads. The drainage and transport patterns are further marked by the Adlong Ditch and roads such as Huffman Road and Lynchburg Road, which connect the settlement to the surrounding flatlands near Cedar Bayou on the Liberty County line.