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1957 Map of Noodle

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Noodle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The Clear Fork Brazos River cuts a winding path across this West Texas landscape, marking a terrain defined by mid-century energy development and quiet rural hubs. Several significant oil and gas operations are mapped in detail, including the Bartlett Oil Field, Raven Oil Field, and the White Flat Gas Plant. These industrial sites contrast with the dispersed network of community centers like Noodle and Sylvester, where local life centered around small country congregations such as Newman Ch, Amity Ch, and Shiloh Ch.

Transportation corridors anchor the region's northern and southern edges, with the Panhandle and Santa Fe railroad serving the north and the Texas and Pacific line passing near Eskota in the south. The map captures a moment when the regional economy was transitioning between traditional ranching and the expanding petroleum industry, connected by a network of creeks like Sweetwater Creek and Noodle Creek.