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1963 Map of Friendship

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Friendship
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The San Gabriel River meanders across this Williamson County landscape, defining a rural corridor marked by several small agricultural settlements in the early 1960s. The community of Friendship sits north of the river, while places like Laneport, Hare, and Sandoval anchor the southern plains. These townships are connected by a network of unimproved roads and light-duty routes, revealing a mid-century Texas interior where local life revolved around family-named landmarks and country churches.

Genealogists can identify significant burial sites including Allison Cem and Young Cem, alongside the Zion Ch near Sandoval. The terrain transitions from the elevations of Wuthrich Hill down to the creek beds of Alligator Creek and Pecan Creek. The map also indicates early resource extraction through several Gravel Pits and an Oil Well, while blue-shaded areas near the river denote planned flood control zones marked by specific spillway elevations.