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1983 Map of Elderville

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

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Cherokee Lake dominates the upper central landscape of this East Texas region, straddling the Gregg Co Rusk Co line during the early 1980s. The area is defined by a dense network of tributaries and minor drainages, including the Tiawichi Creek and Beaver Marsh Creek, which feed into the primary reservoir system. Small rural settlements and family-named locales like Elderville, Chalk Hill, and Oak Hill are scattered throughout the wooded terrain, connected by a web of unimproved roads and local trails that speak to the quiet, residential character of the county during this period.

Local infrastructure is represented by the County Airport in the north and the presence of smaller bodies of water such as Nix Lake and Long Glade Lake. The map details the intricate topography of the Piney Woods, where numerous branches like Wasson Branch and Tenny Lewis Branch carve through the hills. This 1983 edition captures the transition of the land as recreational lakefront developments and small rural communities established their modern footprints in Rusk and Gregg Counties.