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1959 Map of India

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of India
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

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Bois D'Arc Island dominates this 1950s landscape, carved out by the meandering curves of the Trinity River and the sweeping arc of Parsons Slough. The area sits at a complex jurisdictional junction where Dallas, Ellis, and Kaufman Counties meet. The settlement of India occupies the southwest, characterized by a series of family-named landmarks and rural infrastructure including the Walnut Springs Cem and nearby Walnut Springs.

Extensive gravel extraction operations, marked as Gravel Pits and Gravel Pit, are scattered across the floodplain, indicating the local industrial activity of the era. Transportation is defined by a network of rural routes like Belt Line Road and Malloy Bridge Road, crossing the river at structures such as Malloy Bridge. Along the northeastern edge, the Texas and New Orleans RR skirts Newton Lake, while local community life is anchored by Grange Hall and the Point View Sch.