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1960 Map of Quitman

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Quitman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Quitman serves as the focal point of this Wood County landscape, where the town’s grid is surrounded by a dense network of water bodies and creek drainages. To the north, the Manziel Oil Field indicates the region's mid-century petroleum activity, supported by a Refinery and numerous sludge pits. The terrain is marked by family and community history, evidenced by small rural schoolhouses like Cana Sch and several country churches including Cloverhill Ch and Myrtle Springs Ch.

Water defines much of the geography south and east of the town center. Large lakes such as Lake Lydia, Quitman Club Lake, and Andrews Lake punctuate the wooded bottomlands of Lake Fork and Dry Creek. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several burial grounds, including Price Cem, Ingram Cem, and Shiloh Cem, which anchor the rural settlements of Forest Hill and the surrounding countryside.