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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 industrial and coastal landscape of the Texas Gulf Coast is frozen in time in this 1969 survey, where the Southern Pacific railroad cuts a diagonal line through a region defined by energy and logistics. Near the intersection of the San Patricio and Nueces county lines, the growing community of Portland and the hub of Gregory are documented just as urban expansion was being tracked via aerial photography. The map highlights the intensive industrial footprint of the era, from the sprawling Oil Field and numerous Oil Wells to the massive Tailings Ponds and the Refinery near the northeastern edge.

Local infrastructure for the late 1960s is detailed through landmarks like Hunt Airport and educational centers such as Gregory-Portland High Sch. Along the shoreline of Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay, the deep-water engineering of the La Quinta Turning Basin reflects the area's importance to maritime commerce. For genealogists, the San Patricio Memorial Gardens and small residential clusters like Midway and Floerke provide essential points of reference for mid-century family history.