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2019 Map of Elwood

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Elwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Old San Antonio Rd and the Osr trace ancient routes across this landscape where Leon, Madison, and Houston counties meet. The settlement of Elwood sits at a crossroads of these historic thoroughfares, surrounded by family-named landmarks and water bodies like Big Dickey Lake and Slaughter Lake. Further east, the village of Midway borders the bottomlands near the Trinity River, which serves as a natural boundary for the region.

Genealogists will find the locations of Alphin Cem and Tan Yard Cem particularly useful for locating ancestral homesteads. The terrain transitions from the open spaces of Goose Prairie and Trinity Field to the distinct geological formation of The Canyon near Youngs Cr. The presence of Cattle Trail Rd and Oil Field Rd reflects the dual heritage of ranching and natural resource extraction that has shaped these Texas counties for generations.