1958 Map of Fayetteville

About this map

Fayetteville serves as the central hub of this 1950s landscape, where the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad cuts a straight line through the rolling creek-fed terrain of the Texas coastal plain. The map documents a deeply rooted rural society defined by small settlements like Roznov, Park, and Rek Hill, each anchored by community institutions and family burial grounds such as Halimecek Cem and Ellers Cem. Significant creek systems, including Clear Creek, Cummins Creek, and Ross Creek, weave between woodlots and pastures, shaping the placement of early homesteads and country churches like Big Spring Hill Ch and Sweet Home Ch. This survey, based on 1956 photography, captures the area before modern expansion, preserving the location of gravel pits, extensive pipeline corridors, and the Historical Marker that notes the region's early importance in Fayette County history.