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1961 Map of Johnson City

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Johnson City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Johnson City serves as the focal point of this Central Texas landscape, where the Pedernales River carves a winding path through the limestone-rich terrain. The map captures the town during a period of mid-century growth, featuring municipal infrastructure like the High Sch, Fairgrounds, and Waller Airfield. Notable for its social history, the sheet identifies the Happy Old Folks Home on the western outskirts of the city and the small settlement of Sandy to the north.

The hydrological network is particularly dense here, with numerous drainages like Hickory Creek, Buffalo Creek, and Towhead Creek feeding into the main river valley. Local landmarks such as Buffalo Peak and Russell Hollow provide topographic orientation, while the presence of the Sandy Cem and multiple gravel and borrow pits points to the area's rural development and agricultural roots during the early 1960s.