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2019 Map of Leesburg

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Leesburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Leesburg and the surrounding piney woods of Northeast Texas are defined by a complex network of creeks and small family-named settlements. The landscape is carved by the three branches of Lilly Creek—N Lilly Cr, Middle Lilly Cr, and S Lilly Cr—which feed into local impoundments like Ferndale Lake and Harris Lake. This drainage pattern has long influenced the placement of rural homesteads and transport routes, with Farm to Market roads like FM 1519 and FM 2455 connecting isolated communities across the creek valleys.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of historic burial grounds such as Oak Grove Cem near Leesburg and Hopewell Cem to the south. Small, unincorporated settlements including Matinburg, Piney Grove, and Brumley dot the map, marking the enduring footprint of these rural neighborhoods along the boundary of Camp Co and Upshur Co. The numerous named branches, such as Lone Star Br and Myrtle Springs Br, indicate a terrain where water access was a primary factor in early land development.