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2022 Map of Purdon

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Purdon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Purdon and Pursley anchor this rural landscape in southwestern Navarro County, where the topography is defined by the extensive drainage network of Richland Cr and its numerous tributaries. The area is marked by a sophisticated water management system, illustrated by several reservoirs such as Soil Conservation Service Site 129 Reservoir and Soil Conservation Service Site 35 Reservoir, which serve the agricultural lands between Battle Cr and Pin Oak Cr.

For genealogists and local historians, the presence of Old Pursley Cem, New Pursley Cem, and Ward Cem provides critical points of reference for family research. The map captures a moment in the modern era where traditional farm-to-market roads like FM 709 S and FM 642 continue to dictate the movement of goods and people through a landscape largely unchanged in its rural character since the early twentieth century.