1971 Map of Forsan

About this map

The community of Forsan sits at the northern edge of this West Texas landscape, documented during a period of transition in the early 1970s. The town's layout includes a High Sch and several Water Tanks, markers of its essential infrastructure in an arid region. Stretching south from the Howard County line, the terrain is defined by the winding course of the North Concho River and several significant ephemeral drainages like Cannibal Draw and Deep Creek. This survey reveals the industrial footprint of the era through a dense network of Pipeline corridors and scattered Gravel Pits, particularly around the small settlement of Ross City. The map captures the meeting of three counties—Howard, Glasscock, and Sterling—providing a detailed record of land use where agricultural ranching meets the extraction industries that shaped the local economy. A small Cem and Dabney Spring offer specific points of interest for those tracing the early settlement patterns of the Concho valley.