1959 Map of Garland

About this map

Garland and its neighboring North Texas municipalities appear during a period of massive suburbanization, shown through extensive purple-tinted urban updates layered over the original 1959 topography. The expansion of Richardson and Dallas is framed by the heavy infrastructure of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Kansas Texas railroads. Between these growing residential centers, the landscape still retains elements of its earlier agricultural character, with scattered quarries and gravel pits near the winding course of Duck Creek. Notable local landmarks like Williams Stadium and the Radio Towers (KRLD) provide distinct reference points for researchers. Genealogists will find particular value in the survey's preservation of older burial grounds such as Blewett Cem, Fields Cem, and McCree Cem, which often represent the earliest established family plots in these communities before the mid-century building boom transformed the region.