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2016 Map of Pecan Gap

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Pecan Gap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Pecan Gap serves as the central hub for this rural stretch of Northeast Texas, situated where the borders of Delta, Lamar, Fannin, and Hunt counties converge. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the North Sulphur River, which establishes the boundary between Lamar and Delta counties. A network of farm-to-market roads, including FM 64 and FM 128, connects several small communities and historic burial sites that speak to the area's ancestral roots.

Genealogists will find a concentration of local history in the numerous small cemeteries scattered across the terrain, such as Baptist Hill Cem near Ben Franklin and the isolated Whittenburg Cem north of the river. The southern portion of the sheet transitions into the drainages of Johns Cr and the forks of Jernigan Creek, with the community of Antioch and its associated Antioch Cem anchoring the lower corner near the Hunt County line.