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1964 Map of Hitchcock

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Hitchcock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The coastal prairie of Galveston County in the mid-1960s was a landscape defined by petroleum extraction and rail transit. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad serves as the primary corridor for growth, linking the settlements of Alta Loma and Hitchcock. This era shows a community in transition, with suburban expansion from La Marque pushing west toward new residential blocks and established burial grounds like Galveston Memorial Cem and Mainland Memorial Cem.

Heavy industry and natural resource management are evident in the sprawling Sarah White Oil Field and the Alta Loma Oil Field, which dominate the central terrain. To the south, the landscape softens into the wetlands surrounding Greens Lake and the Intra-coastal Waterway. This survey documents the intersection of educational development at Crosby High Sch and parochial foundations like Our Lady of Lourdes Sch during a period of significant regional change.