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2010 Map of Newcastle

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Newcastle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Newcastle serves as the central hub of this Young County landscape, surrounded by an extensive network of extractive industry sites. The town's economic history is etched into the terrain through a series of numbered operations, including Belknap Mine Number 1 through Belknap Mine Number 5, which cluster south and west of the residential center. This concentration of mines suggests a landscape deeply defined by coal production during the era these sites were active.

Water management is a dominant theme in the eastern and southern reaches of the quadrangle, where the massive Lake Graham and smaller bodies like Whiskey Creek Reservoir and Johnston Lake dominate the drainage patterns of the Brazos River basin. Family and local history are preserved at several sites, most notably the Indian Mound Cemetery, Belknap Cemetery, and Wray Cemetery, while rural transit is mapped via numerous local roads like Bullnettle Rd and Rux Rd.