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1963 Map of Minter

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Minter
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The agricultural landscape of Lamar and Delta Counties is defined here by the parallel paths of the North Sulphur River and the South Sulphur River. In the early 1960s, this area supported several small rural nodes including Minter, Kensing, and Taylor Town. These communities are often anchored by local landmarks like Minter Cem and Kensing Cem, which offer significant value for genealogists tracing family histories in the region.

The drainage patterns of Caney Creek, Big Sandy Creek, and Dry Creek weave between scattered farmsteads and rural worship centers such as Rockford Ch, Bethlehem Ch, and Union Ch. Rising above the river bottoms, Robertson Hill provides a distinct topographic change in an otherwise gently undulating terrain. This survey documents the network of unimproved roads and light-duty paths that connected these northeast Texas settlements before modern expansion altered the rural character of the Sulphur River basin.