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1918 Map of Hillendahl

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Hillendahl
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Buffalo Bayou carves a deeply incised path along the southern edge of this landscape, its steep banks contrasting with the flat prairie to the north. Surveyed shortly before the 1918 publication, this area of western Harris County is defined by the early transport corridors that would eventually shape the Houston metropolitan expansion. The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad and the Houston and Texas Central Railroad traverse the terrain, anchoring small settlements like Hillendahl and Fairbanks.

Evidence of early rural community life is seen in the Spring Branch School and Hillendahl School, which served the scattered farmsteads long before the suburban development of later decades. The drainage patterns of Horsepen Creek, Langham Creek, and Whiteoak Bayou illustrate the natural hydrology of the coastal plain, while features like Schneiders Lake and Horseshoe Slough mark the low-lying areas near the bayou.