1894 Map of Meridian

About this map

The Bosque River valley and its surrounding hill country are defined by a late nineteenth-century landscape of rising rail hubs and livestock-raising settlements. Surveyed in 1886, the map captures Meridian and Clifton as they grew alongside the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, while Iredell served the northwest on the Texas Central Railroad. Beyond the tracks, the terrain is marked by distinctive limestone features and small communities like Norse and Jonesborough, indicating the early agrarian footprint of Central Texas.