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1960 Map of Lewisville West

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Lewisville West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Garza-Little Elm Reservoir dominates the northern landscape of this Denton County study, reflecting a period of significant hydrological and suburban change. In the early 1960s, the rural character of Flower Mound and Highland Village remained anchored by community landmarks like Chinn Chapel and the New Providence Ch. The expansion of the urban footprint into the southern reaches is highlighted by later revisions, showing how early settlement patterns began to yield to residential development.

Logistics and recreation define the shoreline, where Hickory Creek Park and Lewisville Lake Park border the Hickory Creek Arm. The transportation network is anchored by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, which cuts a straight line through the heart of Lewisville. For those tracing local heritage, the map preserves the locations of several family and community landmarks, including the Chinn Cem and the isolated Soroptimists (Crippled Childrens Camp) west of the creek.