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1968 Map of Rossville

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Rossville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Atascosa River and its network of tributaries, including Agua Negra Creek and Santa Anna Creek, define the rural landscape of this South Texas region in the late 1960s. For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with family-named burial grounds, such as Brite Cem, Lott Cem, Vanness Cem, and Alvarado Cem, reflecting generations of settlement near the riverbanks.

Small communities like Rossville and Anchorage serve as focal points for the area's agricultural and industrial activity, which includes several Gravel Pit operations. The presence of a prominent Pipeline cutting across the terrain north of Sue signals the infrastructure development of the era, while topographic markers like Iuka and the winding Tank Hollow provide detailed context for the physical environment and historical land use in Atascosa County.