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1984 Map of Harrisburg

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Harrisburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Harrisburg and Browndell anchor this pocket of East Texas, where the landscape is defined by the dense dendritic drainage of the Big Cow Creek and Sandy Creek systems. Compiled from late 1970s aerial photography, the map reveals a rural economy shaped by extractive industry and timber management, evidenced by the numerous Gravel Pit sites and the Horton Lookout 2 tower. Small settlements like Horton and Collins are connected by a network of unimproved roads, while the Jasper Co Newton Co line cuts through the eastern portion of the quadrangle.

The terrain is dissected by numerous named waterways including Mill Creek, Rock Creek, and Melhomes Creek. Local history is preserved in the location of a rural Cem and the specific naming of infrastructure like Hardy Bridge over Hardy Bridge Creek. This survey captures the transition of the piney woods during the mid-1980s, balancing small-town residential hubs with the surrounding resource-rich backcountry.