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1969 Map of Driscoll East

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Driscoll East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Clara Driscoll Oil Field and the neighboring North Clara Driscoll Oil Field define the industrial character of this South Texas landscape in the late 1960s. The map illustrates a region dominated by energy extraction and agricultural settlement, where gas wells and oil fields are interspersed with rural homesteads and specialized centers like the Coastal Bend Youth City. The meandering course of Petronila Creek provides the primary natural drainage through the territory, cutting a serpentine path across the coastal plain.

Transportation and infrastructure follow the steady lines of the Missouri Pacific railroad, which links the community of Driscoll to the surrounding markets. Small clusters such as Gandy Farms, Petronila, and the Florida Gas Camp highlight the era's localized worker housing and farming patterns. Genealogists may find particular value in the location of the Flinn Cem, situated along the banks of the creek south of the primary oil works.