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1954 Map of Domino

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Domino
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Sulphur River meanders through this borderland region where Texas and Arkansas meet, creating a complex landscape of wetlands and oxbows including Alligator Lake, Pinhook Lake, and Snaggy Lake. During the mid-1950s, the local economy was anchored by the Texas and Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads, alongside active gravel extraction at the Gifford Hill Gravel Pit and various Strip Mines (Gravel).

Community life centers on a network of country churches and family-named landmarks. The map documents the Federal Correctional Institution in the north and the settlement of Domino in the southwest, near its namesake Domino Cem. Genealogists will find several rural congregations of interest, such as Buchanan Memorial Ch, St Paul Ch, and Canaan Land Ch, which represent the established social fabric of Cass and Bowie counties during this era.