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1959 Map of Ogles

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Ogles
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

Ogles serves as a focal point for this rural Lampasas County landscape, which was primarily defined by its creek-fed ranching and agricultural potential in the late 1950s. The topography is distinctly marked by prominent elevations including Knight Mountain, the Twin Mts, and the distinctive Twin Sister Peaks. These landmarks provide a framework for a network of waterways such as Barkley Creek, School Creek, and Lucy Creek that carve through the limestone terrain.

Evidence of local community and industry is found at the Center Cem and a nearby Quarry, while early infrastructure is noted by a Pipeline cutting across the northern reaches. The settlement pattern here illustrates a quiet era of Texas hill country history, where isolated wells and family-named landmarks like Donaldson Creek and Browns Creek anchored the local geography before modern development shifted the rural character.