1976 Map of Gordonville SW

About this map

Dexter and Sandusky anchor this rural landscape in North Texas, captured during a 1976 aerial survey by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Oklahoma Geological Survey. The orthophotograph reveals a patchwork of agricultural fields and wooded creek bottoms along the Texas-Oklahoma border. Small rural communities like Red Branch and Sturgeon appear as modest clusters of structures connected by a network of winding local roads. This photographic record provides an unfiltered view of land use and vegetation patterns during the mid-1970s, showing the exact footprint of homesteads and farms before decades of modern consolidation. The imagery is particularly useful for researchers tracing family property or the specific layout of cross-border settlements during this era.