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1985 Map of Mineola

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Mineola
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Mineola and Quitman anchor this mid-1980s look at Wood County, where the landscape is defined by the massive impoundments of Lake Fork Reservoir and Lake Tawakoni. The regional economy is written in the roads and rails, with the Missouri Pacific RR and St Louis Southwestern RR cutting through towns like Grand Saline and Big Sandy. Significant infrastructure includes an extensive Oil Field and the Ambassador College Res near the Sabine River.

The survey captures the transition from traditional river-bottom agriculture to a landscape dominated by water management and energy production. Settlement patterns are dense along the U S Highway 80 corridor, connecting older communities like Edgewood and Hawkins. High points such as Mt Enterprise and Todd Mountain provide topographic relief against the basin of the Neches River and its numerous tributaries.