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1925 Map of Iola No 2

Name: 1925 Topographic Map of Iola No 2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1925
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1925

About this map

The Navasota River valley defines this landscape where the borders of Madison, Leon, Robertson, and Brazos counties converge. In this 1925 survey, a series of oxbow lakes including San Antonio Lake, Mud Lake, and Duck Lake trace the river's winding course through the central bottomlands. The upland areas are defined by a network of rural community centers, with family-named sites and institutions like Burns Store and Bundy School providing vital social anchors for a dispersed farming population.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of the Keefer Cemetery and Nash Cemetery, alongside several local schools such as Morning Star School and Plain View School. These labels represent the early 20th-century social fabric of East Texas before the consolidation of rural school districts and the modernization of local road networks changed the character of these small settlements.