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1919 Map of Humble

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of Humble
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

About this map

Humble and the surrounding Harris County countryside appear at a significant moment of industrial and infrastructure development in this 1919 survey. The town site is notably marked by large clusters of Oil Tanks, reflecting the region's oil boom economy of the early twentieth century. This industrial activity is served by a dense network of transit, including the Southern Pacific (Houston and East Texas Branch) and the Beaumont Sour Lake and Western railroads.

Beyond the tracks, the landscape is defined by the winding paths of Greens Bayou and Halls Bayou, with rural life anchored by the Higgs School and small settlements like Mt Houston and Bender. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of early rural Cem sites and historic thoroughfares such as the Atascocita Ferry Road, providing a detailed spatial context for the community's early development before the rapid expansion of the greater Houston area.