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2022 Map of Hope Pond

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Hope Pond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The rolling hills of Smith County, Texas, are characterized here by a dense network of country roads and family-named cemeteries that reflect generations of rural settlement. Waterways like Rabbit Cr and Caney Cr carve through the landscape, feeding into larger bodies such as Lake Tyler and L B Wilson Lake. The distribution of burial grounds, including the Hopewell Church Cem and the Wilson Curtis Cem, points to the scattered community clusters that define this part of East Texas.

Modern infrastructure is represented by the Oaks Airport and the residential area of E Lake Ests, showing the gradual evolution from purely agricultural use toward recreational and residential development near the lakefront. Significant landmarks like Maudlin Memorial Gardens and Hope Pond anchor the northern reaches of the map, while a complex system of county roads, such as Co RD 26 and Co RD 240, provides the primary framework for local navigation.