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1932 Map of Paint Rock

Name: 1932 Topographic Map of Paint Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

Ballinger sits at the northern edge of this West Texas survey, where the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe RR crosses the Colorado River. The landscape is defined by the confluence of major waterways and the rolling prairie of the Runnels and Concho county line. Local education at this time was decentralized, evidenced by several rural schoolhouses serving distant ranches, including Dry Ridge Sch, Mapes Sch, and Currie Sch.

South of the main river, the terrain rises toward Deadmans Bluff and Brushy Bluff, overlooking the winding path of the Concho River. The map reflects a period of infrastructure development in the early 1930s, showing State Highway No 23 cutting south through the drainage of Pony Creek. The presence of small settlements like Concho and numerous named branches such as Stag Creek and Fuzzy Cr provides a detailed look at the water-dependent settlement patterns of the era.