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1982 Map of Freindswood

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Freindswood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Ellington Air Force Base dominates the northeastern landscape of this Houston-area survey, surrounded by the sprawling residential development of Houston, Friendswood, and Pearland. The map reveals a suburban environment deeply integrated with the region's petroleum industry, evidenced by the extensive Friendswood Oil Field and Hastings Oil Field that flank the residential cores. Neighborhoods like Wedgewood Village and Forest Bend are nestled among active oil wells and pipeline corridors, highlighting the unique land-use patterns of the Texas Gulf Coast during the early 1980s.

Industrial and transport infrastructure is dense, with the Gulf Freeway and NASA Road 1 providing critical links to nearby space-industry hubs. Local community life is captured through the presence of numerous neighborhood schools like Atkinson Sch and Dobie High Sch, alongside spiritual centers such as Mary Queen Ch. Waterways like Turkey Creek and Horsepen Bayou thread through the grids of newer housing and the remaining open acreage of Harris and Galveston counties.