1932 Map of Manning

About this map

The Neches River winds through this 1932 preliminary survey of East Texas, marking a rugged boundary between Angelina, Polk, and Tyler Counties. The landscape is defined by the heavy presence of logging infrastructure, notably the Timber RR and the Lufkin Waco Beaumont Trinity and Sabine RR which cuts across the southern portion of the sheet. At the time of this survey, much of the northern half of the quadrangle remained an unsurveyed area, leaving the dense creek systems of the south to represent the primary documented terrain. Small rural outposts like Pluck PO and Harris Spring serve as the principal centers of local life, alongside a network of country schools including Seaman Ridge Sch and Crane Sch. For genealogists and local historians, the map provides precise locations for Paige Cem and Hanard Cem, as well as the Lambert Chapel, grounding early 20th-century family history in the specific creek-bottom geography of the Piney Woods.