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1932 Map of Dickinson

Name: 1932 Topographic Map of Dickinson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Dickinson Bayou meanders eastward through the heart of Galveston County, defining the drainage and settlement patterns of this coastal landscape as it appeared in the late 1920s. The town of Dickinson serves as a central hub where the Galveston Houston and Henderson railroad and the Galveston Houston Electric line intersect with the Houston and Galveston Highway. These parallel transit corridors emphasize the vital connection between the mainland and the coast during this era of growth.

Further south, the community of Arcadia is anchored by the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railway and the local Santa Fe Sch. Smaller locales like Oleander and the courses of Gum Bayou and San Leon Bayou offer specific points of interest for those tracing family property or early 20th-century coastal development. The topography, compiled in part from early aerial photography, reveals a transition from inland prairie to the tidal influences of the bayous.