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2010 Map of Edna

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Edna
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The city of Edna serves as the focal point of this Jackson County survey, situated at the crossroads of the Lavaca River and major transit corridors. The landscape is characterized by a dense network of country roads and family-named landmarks that trace the evolution of local landholdings. Small outlying settlements like Matilda, El Toro, and the site of Camp Independence are distributed across the drainage basins of Dry Creek and Arenosa Creek, marking the rural character of the area outside the town center.

Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of local burial grounds, including the Prairie City Cemetery in town, and the more remote Sayle Cemetery and Gideon Cemetery. The transition from urban grids to winding rural routes like Gideon Baptist Ch Rd and Bacon Town Rd reflects a long-standing agricultural economy built around the fertile river plains and timbered branches such as Post Oak Branch.