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1960 Map of Newsome

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Newsome
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Newsome and the surrounding East Texas countryside were defined by the convergence of rail and resource extraction at the dawn of the 1960s. The Louisiana & Arkansas (KCS) line cuts through the northern landscape, serving the Newsome Oil Field and the rural communities of Clearwater and Scroggins. This survey captures a densely settled agricultural and industrial network where family-named landmarks like Stivers Hill stand near clusters of community life, including the Hepsibah Baptist Ch and Maple Springs Ch.

The landscape is deeply etched by a complex drainage system, featuring the South Fork Bayou and South Lilly Creek. Smaller settlements like Musgrove and Westbrook are interspersed with several Gravel Pits, illustrating the local reliance on the land's raw materials. For those tracing regional history, the numerous rural sites such as Morris Chapel and the Clearwater Cem provide specific points of reference for the families that established these Wood and Franklin County townships.