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1964 Map of Porter Springs

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Porter Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Porter Springs serves as the focal point of this mid-1960s Houston County landscape, where the wooded drainages of Hurricane Bayou and Porter Creek give way to a network of rural homesteads and agricultural clearings. The map reveals a deeply established community structure, anchored by numerous family-named burial grounds and houses of worship. Small social centers are evidenced by Williams High Sch and several churches including St Mathew Ch and Union Chapel.

To the northeast, the terrain transitions toward more organized recreation at the Spring Creek Country Club, while the presence of the Langum Quarter settlement highlights localized residential clusters. Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of cemeteries such as Mayes Cem, Hagan Cem, and Porter Springs Cem, which are scattered throughout the countryside along the various forks of Big Creek and Henderson Creek.