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2016 Map of McLeod

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of McLeod
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Texas-Louisiana borderlands are defined here by a dense network of country roads and small communities established along the Cass County and Caddo Parish line. The settlement of McLeod serves as a central point in this landscape, surrounded by smaller locales like Walton and the northern edge of Vivian. This area, heavily influenced by the regional gas and oil industry, is crisscrossed by specialized routes such as United Gas Road 1 and the Rodessa-State Line Rd, indicating the economic drivers of the era.

Genealogists will find several burial sites including Good-Exchange Cem and Rambo Cem near the southern reaches of the map. The hydrology of the region is equally prominent, featuring Morses Mill Pond and the branching waters of Black Bayou and Murtis Mill Cr. The map illustrates the transition from the piney woods of East Texas into the bayou-fed lowlands of North Louisiana, capturing a specific moment in the rural development of the Ark-La-Tex region.