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2010 Map of Hortense

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Hortense
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The rural hamlet of Hortense serves as a central point for this Polk County landscape, defined by a network of winding country roads and creek drainages. Genealogists and local historians will find several burial grounds distributed across the terrain, including Beard Cemetery in the north, Parrish Cemetery to the west, and Feagin Cemetery near the center. The geography is heavily influenced by the many waterways that feed into the larger system, such as Bear Creek, Kennedy Creek, and Big Sandy Creek at the southern boundary.

Industrial and agricultural signatures are visible through landmarks like the Hortense Lake Dam and various loop roads near the settlement of Kiam. Transportation in this era relied on a mix of farm-to-market routes like FM 942 and named local passages such as William Hood Rd and Massey Cemetary Rd. The naming of crossings like Beard Xing and cutoffs such as Puckett Cutoff indicates a landscape where local travel patterns were deeply tied to family landholdings and natural creek crossings.