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1965 Map of Hodgson

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Hodgson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Caughorn Prairie defines the central landscape of this northeast Texas survey, where the rolling timberland of Bowie County meets the Red River County line. The map captures a rural Texas interior in the mid-1960s, characterized by small, dispersed settlements and a network of named watercourses including Blythe Creek and Cedar Creek. Local landmarks such as Big Woods Ch and Cedar Creek Cem provide essential anchor points for genealogists tracing family roots in this corner of the state.

Agricultural patterns and early infrastructure are visible through the scattered homesteads of New Hope, Hodgson, and Tuckers Corner. The terrain is bisected by a prominent Pipeline corridor, contrasting with the more organic drainage patterns of Dogwood Branch and Dalby Creek. This 1965 field-checked record preserves the precise locations of rural residences and local gathering places before later twentieth-century development shifted the region's demographic footprint.