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1948 Map of Elgin

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Elgin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The sprawling Camp Swift Military Reservation anchors the southern landscape of this Central Texas region during the late 1940s, a time when the area was defined by a complex intersection of county lines and rail corridors. The Missouri Kansas & Texas RR and Southern Pacific RR converge at Elgin, facilitating a transit network that connected rural outposts like Coupland and Littig to larger markets.

Genealogists and local historians can find a wealth of community landmarks, from family-named sites like Youngs Prairie Cem and Hog Eye Cem to small educational hubs such as Red Town Sch and Willow Ranch Sch. The terrain is deeply etched by the drainage basins of Brushy Creek and Sandy Creek, where scattered settlements like Lund and Manda thrived amidst the agricultural plains of Williamson, Travis, Bastrop, and Lee Counties.