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1960 Map of Decatur

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Decatur
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Decatur serves as the focal point of this Wise County study, showing the city's northward expansion as of the late 1960s. The presence of Decatur College and several outlying rural congregations, such as St John Ch and Pleasant Grove Church No 1, indicates a well-established community structure. The Fort Worth and Denver railroad cuts diagonally across the landscape, paralleling a major highway corridor marked as Under Construction, reflecting the era's significant infrastructure development.

The topography is defined by the drainages of Walnut Creek and Sweetwater Creek, which carve through the terrain near landmarks like Pat Dick Hill. Smaller settlements and locales like Herman and Annabelle appear alongside family-linked sites and burial grounds, including Sand Hill Cem and Bethel Cem. This document effectively captures the transition from a traditional rail-oriented cattle and farming hub to a modernizing Texas crossroads.