1960 Map of McKinney East

About this map

Mc Kinney is the focal point of this Collin County survey, shown during a period of transition as its street grid expands east of the Southern Pacific railroad. The map records several small, established communities such as New Hope and Milligan, which sit amidst a landscape increasingly shaped by limestone extraction, evidenced by the numerous Quarries and Quarry sites scattered along the East Fork Trinity River. Further east, Princeton appears as a small cluster of activity along the rail line. Beyond the urban growth, the rural landscape is dotted with ancestral landmarks, including the Dunn Memorial Ch and a collection of family-named burial sites like Johnson Cem and Scaff Cem. The southeastern corner of the quadrangle shows the rising waters of Lavon Lake, signaling a significant change to the riparian environment of the Wilson Creek and Ticky Creek bottomlands.