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1962 Map of Magnolia West

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Magnolia West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The boundary lines of Grimes, Waller, and Montgomery counties converge in this 1962 landscape, where the Missouri Pacific railroad cuts a diagonal path toward the settlement of Magnolia. To the northwest, the small community of Fetzer sits near the tracks, while the surrounding terrain is defined by a dense network of waterways including Birch Creek, Mill Creek, and Walnut Creek. This survey captures the region before extensive modern suburbanization, showing a mix of agricultural clearings and wooded parcels.

Local history is preserved in the location of the Old Sanders Cem and the Assembly of God Ch near Harvester Road. Evidence of the area's resource-based economy is visible through scattered Gravel Pits, an Oil Well, and a Lookout Tower Magnolia standing watch over the timberlands. The presence of an Old RR Grade suggests the evolution of transport in this corner of the Texas piney woods and coastal plains.