The agricultural grid of the Texas Panhandle is clearly defined in this 2012 survey of the Hale County landscape. The Olton Cem serves as a significant local landmark in a region characterized by expansive rural tracts and a strictly organized transportation network. The terrain is crisscrossed by a systematic series of county roads, including the prominent Ranch Road 2284 and several lettered routes such as Co Road B, Co Road C, and Co Road D. This map reveals the modern rural economy of the area, where land is partitioned into precise geometric blocks for industrial-scale farming. Scattered seasonal water features or depressions punctuate the otherwise uniform fields, illustrating the high plains drainage patterns that local families have adapted to for generations.
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1954 · Plainview
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Clovis
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Clovis
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Plainview
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Fieldton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1963 · Olton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1963 · Hart SW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1965 · Edmonson
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1965 · Hilburn
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1968 · Halfway
USGS Topo · 1:24,000