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1962 Map of Miller Grove

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Miller Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Hunt and Hopkins County line bisects this agricultural landscape of East Texas as it appeared in the early 1960s. Small rural communities like Miller Grove and Donelton anchor the local geography, surrounded by a dense network of family-named cemeteries and community landmarks. Genealogists will find several burial grounds including Sunny Point Cem, Long Cem, and Jordan Cem scattered across the creek-cut terrain.

Water management is a defining characteristic of the area, evidenced by a series of numbered flood control structures such as Dam No 13 and Dam No 14 along Cedar Creek. These reservoirs and the resulting inundation zones reflect mid-century efforts to regulate the flow of various tributaries, including Middle Fork East Fork Cedar Creek and Schooley Creek, which carve through the wooded bottomlands and open fields of this rural district.