2016 Map of Francitas

About this map

Francitas occupies a grid-iron layout in the northern reaches of this coastal prairie landscape, where the flat terrain is defined by a network of drainage ways and rural farm-to-market roads. The town's proximity to the Jackson and Matagorda county line is clear, with the border cutting vertically through the center of the survey. Significant local genealogy and community markers include Francitas Cem located south of the main townsite and the Kubecka Aviation landing strip situated near the southern edge of the quadrangle. The physical geography is dominated by the meandering course of East Carancahua Creek, which snakes through the central region, eventually joined by smaller tributaries like Reed Cr and Turtle Cr. This landscape reflects a late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century agricultural pattern, where family-named roads like Bullock Rd and Meinke Rd provide access to dispersed farmsteads across the coastal plains.