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1960 Map of Denton West

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

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Denton at the end of the 1950s is a center of higher education and regional transit, defined by the campuses of North Texas State College and Texas Womans University. The urban core shows a high density of institutional landmarks, including the Courthouse, City Hall, and several schools like Robert E Lee Sch. Rail infrastructure is prominent, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Texas and Pacific lines converging near the city center, illustrating the town's importance as a North Texas rail hub.

Outside the city limits, the landscape transitions into agricultural research and open country. The Texas A & M College Exper Sta No 6 occupies a large tract to the north, while the drainage of Hickory Creek and its various forks, such as the South Fork Hickory Creek, creates a winding riparian corridor. To the south, topographic features like Pilot Knob and Crawford Hill rise above the rolling terrain, overlooking the western reaches of the Goran-Little Elm Reservoir.