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1915 Map of Hillendahl

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Hillendahl
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1915
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1915

About this map

Hillendahl and the surrounding Harris County prairie are captured here during a period of early twentieth-century rural development. The landscape is defined by a network of drainage ways and bayous, most notably the meandering course of Buffalo Bayou at the southern edge and Horsepen Slough. Transportation corridors dominate the settlement pattern, with the Houston Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad cutting a straight line across the plains.

Local civic life is anchored by several rural institutions, including the Spring Branch School and the Hillendahl School. Significant early thoroughfares such as the Washington Houston Road and the Katy Cut Off Road indicate the growing connectivity between these outlying agricultural communities and the nearby city. The map's precise contouring reveals the subtle topographical variations of the coastal prairie, where small watercourses like Brick House Gully and Dinner Creek provided essential drainage for the surrounding homesteads.