
The Palestine city center serves as the hub of this Anderson County landscape, anchored by the Anderson County Courthouse and its annex. This modern survey illustrates the suburban expansion and rural cemeteries that define the region's cultural history. Numerous family and community burial grounds, such as Butler Family Cem and the Land of Memory Cem, are scattered across the rolling terrain between the city and the Palestine Municipal Airport. The hydrology of the area is particularly complex, characterized by several small lakes and named branches including Harrison Lake, De Young Lake, and the winding Fivemile Br. These water bodies and the surrounding Sand Hollow reflect the traditional drainage patterns of the Texas Piney Woods, even as modern infrastructure like Wildcat Ferry Rd and various county roads connect the outlying homesteads.
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1949 · Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Tennessee Colony
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1950 · Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1950 · Tennessee Colony
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Elkhart
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1964 · Long Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1981 · Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:100,000
1982 · Northwest Palestine
USGS Topo · 1:24,000