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1960 Map of Denton West

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Denton West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Denton serves as the hub of this mid-century landscape, characterized by the prominent campuses of North Texas State College and Texas Womans University. The city's 1960 layout includes local landmarks like the Courthouse, Flow Hospital, and the Fairground, while the surrounding countryside is defined by the convergence of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Texas and Pacific railroads.

Evidence of local agricultural and industrial history is found at the Texas A & M College Exper Sta No 6 and various claypits and a gravel pit along the waterways. The western portion of the map is dominated by the drainages of Hickory Creek and its tributaries, while the south reveals topographic markers like Pilot Knob and Crawford Hill. Residential expansion is visible through purple revisions, indicating growth near the Denton Airport and along the Fletcher Branch.