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1959 Map of Hamon

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Hamon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Guadalupe River snakes through the center of this landscape, its tight meanders defining the local geography as it flows past the Hamon (Original Townsite). This 1950s survey captures a distinct rural Texas community layout, showing the separate locations of Hamon and its namesake townsite near Hamon Ch. Local industry is evidenced by several Clay Pits, a Quarry, and a Gravel Pit, pointing to the extraction of river-basin resources.

Waterways like Peach Creek and Elm Slough feed into the river system, while the presence of the Dilworth Cem and the Radio Tower (KCTI) provide fixed landmarks for genealogists and local historians. The map also documents the larger landholdings of the era, such as the Abercrombie Ranch, and smaller named locales like Kokernot and Glaze City that define the settlement pattern between the creeks and the river bottom.