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1925 Map of Robstown

Name: 1925 Topographic Map of Robstown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The Nueces River serves as the winding dividing line between San Patricio and Nueces counties, defining a landscape of low-lying marshlands and coastal prairies in the mid-1920s. The convergence of three major rail lines—the St Louis Brownsville and Mexico, the Texas Mexican, and the San Antonio and Aransas Pass—dictates the settlement patterns of the era. Robstown emerges as a significant rail junction in the south, while Odem anchors the northern territory.

Industrial and educational footprints are clear, from the Corpus Christi Pumping Sta along the river to localized rural education centers like Riverside School and Tulosa School. Small railroad sidings and stops such as Bullard Siding, Angelita, and Frederick pepper the landscape, marking a time when the railroad was the primary engine of South Texas growth and commerce near the head of Nueces Bay.