1918 Map of Iowa Park

About this map

The Iowa Park townsite is defined by a rigorous grid just north of the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad line. Surveyed during the First World War, this landscape in Wichita County shows a transition between the established town and a network of outlying rural communities. The meanders of the Wichita River dominate the southern portion of the map, carving deep bends across the plains. This era of settlement is marked by a high density of rural schoolhouses, including Deep Creek School, Pond Creek School, Harmony School, Cobb School, and Denny School, which served the farming families established along the drainage of Buffalo Creek and Antelope Creek. Local travel is anchored by early arterial routes like the Electra Road and Wichita Falls Road, while Bare Butte provides a rare topographic landmark in an otherwise subtly rolling terrain.