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1959 Map of San Jacinto

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of San Jacinto
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The Sam Houston National Forest dominates this landscape on the border of Walker and Montgomery counties, as documented in this 1959 survey with later aerial updates. The small settlement of San Jacinto sits in the northwest corner, characterized by a cluster of community landmarks including Ebenezer Ch and the Little Zion Sch. Further east, the terrain around Blue Bonnet Hill gives way to a network of creeks like West Sandy Creek and Robinson Creek, which feed into the West Fork San Jacinto River.

The map reveals a rural economy rooted in timber and early petroleum exploration, evidenced by an Oil Well and the extensive Forest Boundary. Genealogists will find significant value in the scattered country churches and family cemeteries, such as Parris Chapel, Parris Cem, and Lee Cem, which mark the settlement patterns of families living along the Walker Loop and the margins of the national forest land.