1964 Map of Lockhart South

About this map

Lockhart State Park and the rugged drainage of Clear Fork Plum Creek anchor the landscape south of the county seat. This mid-century survey illustrates a region where local agriculture and small-scale oil extraction at the Anton Oil Field coexist with outdoor recreation at the park's Rodeo Ground. The terrain is marked by a high density of family burial grounds and small communities, including Joliet and the Golden Age Home. The presence of an Old Railroad Grade and several rural schools like Clear Fork Sch suggests an earlier era of more distributed settlement along the creek valleys. Geologists and local historians will find interest in the transition from the rolling hills around Mineral Springs to the flatter plains where gravel extraction occurs at various Gravel Pit sites.