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1969 Map of Gregory

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Gregory
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Southern Pacific railroad corridor defines the industrial and residential development of this coastal Texas region during the late 1960s. The town of Gregory sits at a literal and metaphorical crossroads, where the rail line meets local highways amidst a landscape of extensive oil production. A prominent Oil Field is visible to the northwest, characterized by a network of well sites and pipelines that feed toward a Refinery near the edge of the Corpus Christi Bay.

To the south, the expansion of Portland is captured through revision layers, showing new suburban growth near East Cliff Park and Nueces Bay. Local civic life is anchored by institutions like the Austin Sch and the Gregory-Portland Jr High Sch, while the economic reality of the shoreline is evidenced by the La Quinta Turning Basin and its adjacent Tailings Ponds. These features illustrate a transition from traditional agriculture to a heavy industrial and petroleum-based maritime economy.