2019 Map of Peggy

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Peggy and the smaller settlement of Esseville anchor this section of south-central Texas along the boundary between Atascosa and Live Oak counties. The landscape is defined by the ephemeral drainage patterns of Olmos Creek, Salt Branch, and Dry Creek, which feed into various man-made and natural catchments including Lillian Esse Lake and James Esse Lake. These water features suggest a land heavily utilized for ranching and resource management, with numerous tank-style reservoirs like Esse Lake Number 8 and the sequential Taylor Lake Number 1, Taylor Lake Number 2, and Taylor Lake Number 3 south of the main road. The terrain transitions from the elevations of the Lipan Hills in the northwest down through McCoy Hollow toward the basin of Weedy Creek. A dense network of county roads and farm-to-market routes like FM 99 and FM 1091 connects these isolated homesteads and water sources.