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2022 Map of Kurten

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Kurten
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Brazos County countryside northeast of Bryan reveals a landscape of dispersed settlements and generational burial grounds. Small communities like Kurten and Wixon Valley anchor the area, connected by routes such as FM 2776 and Dilly Shaw Tap Rd. This geography is defined by a dense network of family-named landmarks and creek systems including Ferrill Br, Sand Cr, and Wickson Cr.

Genealogists will find this sheet particularly valuable for its documentation of numerous cemeteries, ranging from the Old Cottonwood Cem in the northwest to Holuber Cem in the southeast. The mapping of String Prairie and smaller landmarks like Ebenezer Cem and New Bethlehem Cem illustrates the historical settlement patterns of rural Texas, where church and cemetery locations often served as the primary social hubs between larger towns.