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1960 Map of Lewisville West

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Lewisville West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Garza-Little Elm Reservoir dominates the northeastern landscape of this Denton County survey, its Hickory Creek Arm reaching westward into a region transitioning from rural farmsteads to suburban development. The map documents established communities like Lewisville and Lake Dallas alongside newer incorporations at Highland Village and Copper Canyon. Significant local history is preserved in the location of several country churches and family burial grounds, including Chinn Cem and the Old Hall Cem near the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line.

Transportation networks are well-defined, showing the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad corridor running parallel to the reservoir. Evidence of early aviation and infrastructure appears via multiple Landing Strips and the massive Lewisville Dam. This era of the late 1950s and early 1960s captures the area just as the suburban expansion of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex began to fundamentally alter the old prairie landscape of Timber Creek and Double Oak.