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2013 Map of Mount Olive

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Mount Olive
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Mount Olive stands at a rural crossroads in Jackson County where the coastal prairie meets a network of slow-moving waterways. This landscape is defined by the parallel paths of the Navidad River and the Lavaca River, which flow south across a terrain dotted with family and community legacy sites. The density of small, dispersed burial grounds—including Hines Cem, Chase Cem, and Laughter Cem—points to a long history of local settlement and family landholdings in this corner of Texas.

Energy extraction remains a prominent feature of the local economy, evidenced by the Cordele Oil Field and Collier Oil Field. The map details a web of rural roads such as Lost Bridge Rd and Upper Cordele Rd that connect these industrial sites to the scattered homesteads and the central community at Mount Olive. Small tributaries like Milby Br and Sutherland Cr weave through the fields, illustrating the drainage patterns that have shaped land use since the area was first settled.