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1952 Map of Douglass

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Douglass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Old San Antonio Trail cuts across this East Texas landscape, following a historic corridor through Douglass and toward Linwood. The 1952 geography is defined by the winding course of the Angelina River and its complex network of tributaries like Monkey Creek and Beaver Creek, alongside the St Louis Southwestern railroad. This survey captures a rural social landscape in transition, where community hubs like Haney Chapel and Grange Hall Sch anchor local life alongside several sites already noted as out of use.

Genealogists will find a high density of family and community markers, including County Line Cem, Blackjack Cem, and Hester Cem. The map explicitly identifies the Eden Sch Cem (Abandoned) and Alazan Sch (Abandoned), providing rare spatial evidence of former settlements. To the south, the timber-heavy terrain of the Angelina National Forest meets the waters of Alazan Lake, illustrating the intersection of forestry and the river-bottom economy.