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1957 Map of Mansfield

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Mansfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The parish seat of Mansfield serves as the hub of this 1950s survey, showing the city and South Mansfield at a time when the Kansas City Southern and Texas and Pacific railroads anchored the local economy. South of the city, the Mansfield Battle Memorial Park preserves the grounds of the 1864 Civil War engagement. The landscape is a dense network of bayous and wetlands, including Clear Lake, Thief Point Lake, and Red Lake.

Rural life is marked by numerous mission churches and schools, some already noted as out of use, such as the Savanna Mission Sch and Howard Point Sch. Evidence of older land divisions remains at the Lands End Plantation, while newer industrial activity is visible at Goss Field. For genealogists, the map is a primary source for identifying family-named landmarks like Paps Hill, Jenkins Pond, and Slone Cem.