2016 Map of Midfield

About this map

The Tres Palacios River meanders across this Matagorda County landscape, defining the topography between the small settlements of Midfield and Blessing. The coastal prairie geography is marked by a complex network of drainage creeks, including Juanita Cr, Wallace Cr, and Willow Cr, which feed the river's winding course. For local historians and genealogists, the map preserves the location of several significant burial grounds such as Cornelius Cem, Partain Cem, and Hawley Cem, the latter situated near Demmings Bridge Rd. The grid of farm-to-market roads and named family routes like Jim Cornelius Rd and Nygard Rd illustrates the area's agricultural heritage and rural residential pattern during the mid-2010s, as the community centered around the junctions of rail lines and highways at Elmaton and the northern edge of Blessing.