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1959 Map of Hochheim

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Hochheim
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 and oxbows defining the geography of the Gonzales and De Witt County line. Originally surveyed in 1959, the area is anchored by the settlement of Hochheim, situated at a crossroads east of the river. The map reveals a community deeply tied to its local institutions, with several legacy sites such as Ebenezer Ch and its accompanying Ebenezer Cem in the northwest, and Guadalupe Ch further south.

Smaller gathering points like Dreyer and Steen are documented alongside numerous family-named watercourses, including Denton Creek, McCoy Creek, and Fulcher Creek. Industry is represented by several Gravel Pits concentrated near the river, illustrating the local extraction of riverbed materials. The terrain shifts from the river bottomlands to the more dissected uplands of Turkey Bottom, providing a detailed look at the rural Texas interior before modern highway expansions.