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1894 Map of Kerrville

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Kerrville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1937
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1937

About this map

Kerrville serves as the primary hub in this late nineteenth-century survey of the Texas Hill Country, situated where the Guadalupe River and Town Creek meet. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of major river systems, including the Pedernales River, which winds through central Gillespie County near Harper. At this time, the region was characterized by isolated homesteads and small riverside communities like Ingram and Japonica.

Evidence of early frontier infrastructure is visible in the network of creeks and branches that dictated the placement of settlements like Noxville in Kimble County and Cherry Spring to the north. Surveyed in 1885, the map captures the territory before modern highways, showing the reliance on natural landmarks like Steamboat Mountain and water sources such as Threadgill Creek and Wolf Creek. The terrain is marked by intricate drainage patterns that illustrate the complexity of the plateau's limestone geography.