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1946 Map of Houston Heights

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Houston Heights
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Houston's northward expansion is clearly visible in this mid-1940s survey, showing the established grid of the Heights and the emerging residential pockets of Garden Oaks and Eureka Gardens. The landscape is a network of early suburban development intertwined with critical infrastructure, where the Southern Pacific and Missouri Kansas Texas railroads converge at Eureka Junction. The map serves as a census of mid-century community life, documenting dozens of neighborhood institutions such as the James D Burrus Sch, the George Washington Carver School, and the Heights Hospital.

Significant open spaces like Memorial Park and several cemeteries, including Hillendahl Cem and Glenwood Cem, provide a baseline for the city's greenbelt development along Buffalo Bayou. For genealogists, the map is particularly dense with local landmarks, featuring numerous small churches like Little Zion Ch and St Paul Ch scattered among the transitioning rural-to-urban fringe in areas like Rosslyn and North Houston.