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1964 Map of Long Lake

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Long Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Trinity River snakes through this 1960s landscape, marking the boundary between Anderson, Freestone, and Leon counties. This area is characterized by a complex network of oxbow lakes and sloughs, including Blue Lake, Big Lake, and the elongated Long Lake which gives the quadrangle its name. The interaction between the river and the land is punctuated by infrastructure like the Missouri Pacific railroad and a Gaging Sta.

Local development is visible in the clusters at Tucker and Long Lake, while the presence of an Oil Field, Refinery, and numerous pipelines indicates an active mid-century energy industry. For those tracing local community history, the map preserves the locations of Mt Pilgrim Ch and the Green Bay High Sch, alongside small settlements like Gaston and Lake Port. Extensive wetlands such as Salt Water Slough and Cedar Lake Slough illustrate the natural floodplain environment prior to modern alterations.