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1965 Map of Newcastle

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Newcastle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Canadian River serves as the prominent natural boundary between McClain and Cleveland counties, carving a wide valley through the Oklahoma landscape. During the mid-1960s and into the mid-1970s, this region was characterized by its burgeoning energy and aggregate industries. The landscape is marked by the North Freeny Oil Field, the North Washington Oil Field, and several significant Gravel Pits and sandpits that dot the river's edge.

Settlement patterns concentrate around the town of Newcastle and the community of Goldsby, with notable local landmarks such as the Warren Cem and a Landing Strip providing insight into the rural infrastructure of the era. The terrain shifts from the river bottomlands up toward higher ground at North Lindsay Ridge, while the drainage of Pond Creek and North Fork Walnut Creek defines the local topography south of the river.