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1951 Map of Kennard NE

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Kennard NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The Neches River meanders through the heart of the Davy Crockett National Forest in this early 1950s survey of the Houston and Cherokee county border. The landscape is defined by its timber history, evident in the extensive network of the Logging Railroad Grade and Old Railroad Grade that crisscross the terrain south of the river. These features trace the industrial footprint of East Texas lumbering operations as they moved through the piney woods.

Local life is anchored by small rural institutions like Plain Ch, Mount Vernon Ch, and Sweet Union Ch, while the Wells Sch and Shooks Bluff Cem provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracking family roots in this corner of the forest. Near the confluence of several creeks, the Malibu Club appears as a localized landmark, while numerous waterways such as Larrison Creek and Hickory Creek feed into the river valley.