1969 Map of Monahans

About this map

Monahans serves as the focal point of this West Texas landscape, showing a town organized around the Texas and Pacific railroad and a grid of residential streets including Tenth St and Fifteenth St. The era's municipal growth is evident in the cluster of civic landmarks such as the County Memorial Hospital, County Library, and several neighborhood schools like Edwards Sch and Browne Sch. Beyond the city limits, the map illustrates the infrastructure of the Permian Basin's petroleum economy, with an extensive Oil Field network of pipelines and named water sources like Bitter Well and Honky Tonk Well. To the west, the smaller communities of Wickett and Thorntonville appear alongside the industrial footprint of the Powerplant and various Gravel Pits, while the Wagonwheel Ranch represents the traditional ranching heritage of Ward Co.