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1962 Map of Hammond

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Hammond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Southern Pacific railroad cuts a straight north-south line through the heart of Robertson County, anchoring the settlement of Hammond and its surrounding agricultural landscape. This 1962 field-checked environment reveals a high density of rural social infrastructure, with numerous country churches such as Bethlehem Ch, Shiloh Ch, and St Paul Ch serving the scattered homesteads of Tidwell Prairie. The landscape is defined by the complex drainage systems of Walnut Creek and Bee Branch, which flow toward the western boundary marked by the Brazos River.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of local schools and cemeteries, including the Hammond High Sch, Anderson Sch, and Cotton Cem. The western edge of the map features the Little Brazos River Diversion Channel and Robertson Lake, illustrating the hydrological modifications made to manage the fertile but flood-prone bottomlands. This survey captures a moment of established rural community life just before later 20th-century shifts in rural population and land use.