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1966 Map of Hope Pond

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Hope Pond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The upper reaches of Lake Tyler East define the southwestern corner of this mid-1960s landscape, where the waters meet the Caney Creek and Everett Branch drainages. This Smith County terrain is marked by a dense network of country roads connecting small settlements like Douglas and scattered rural congregations, including Swannytown Ch, Hopewell Ch, and El Bethel Ch No 2.

Evidence of the local transit and utility infrastructure is clear in the path of the Missouri Pacific railroad through the southeast and a prominent Pipeline corridor cutting diagonally across the land. For genealogical researchers, the map is particularly rich in family-named sites, preserving the locations of the Bacon Cem, Holt Cem, and Wilson Curtis Cem. The landscape remains largely agricultural and wooded, drained by the winding courses of Mud Creek and Rabbit Creek.