1962 Map of Milano

About this map

The junction of the Missouri Pacific and the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroads defines the rail-centered character of Milano, Texas. This 1962 survey reveals a landscape etched by a dense network of watercourses, including Smyrna Creek and Yellow Rabbit Creek, flowing through the timbered hills of the Milam Co Burleson Co boundary region. The map highlights the rural social fabric of the era through sites like Sand Grove Ch, Friendship Ch, and the Sand Point Cem. Further south, the settlement of Elevation and the Newton Lakes reservoirs mark significant points of human activity and water management in the Brazos River basin. These details, alongside family-named landmarks like Hurt Cem and numerous unnamed gravel pits and drill holes, offer a look into the mid-century agricultural and industrial footprint of East Central Texas.