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2016 Map of Edgewood

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Edgewood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Wills Point and Edgewood anchor this portion of the East Texas blacklands, where the landscape is defined by a dense network of county roads and numerous small reservoirs. The region's history is preserved in its many family and community burial grounds, such as White Rose Cem and Oak Hill Cem. The terrain is drained by several creeks including Cedar Cr and Giladon Cr, which feed into local water bodies like T P Lake and Old City Lake.

Aviation infrastructure is represented by the Van Zandt County Regional Airport, while the community of Myrtle Springs sits at a crossroads in the southern portion of the sheet. The proximity of these established towns along the central road corridor suggests a long-standing settlement pattern rooted in the area's agricultural and transit history, with specific sites like New Hope Cem and Rock Hill Cem serving as vital touchstones for genealogical research.