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2019 Map of Grand Saline

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Grand Saline
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Grand Saline serves as the focal point of this northeast Texas landscape, situated just south of the winding Sabine River. The geography is defined by its namesake salt industry, evidenced by the significant presence of the Morton Salt Company Lake and a complex network of waterways including Grand Saline Cr, Caney Cr, and Dodds Cr. The terrain reveals a transition from the structured street grid of the town to the surrounding wetlands and creek bottoms that feed into the larger river valley.

Genealogists can identify several local burial grounds such as Rodgers Cem, Woodside Cem, and Padgett Cem, which are scattered among the outlying rural roads. To the southeast, the small community of Sand Flat appears along the boundary lines between Van Zandt, Rains, and Wood Counties. The map documents an area where water management and industrial salt extraction have shaped the local environment, from the City Lake near the town center to several numbered reservoirs like Darnell Lake Number 4.