1966 Map of Scranton

About this map

The South Fork Leon River winds through the central and southern reaches of this West Texas landscape, defining a rural topography dominated by ranching and small-scale resource extraction. Centered on the Callahan and Eastland County line, the map documents a series of established family and community nodes, including Scranton, Nimrod, Mitchell, and Lamb. The prevalence of small, family-named burial grounds like Mitchell Cem, Pisgah Cem, Monroe Cem, and Haskell Cem suggests a long history of local settlement and genealogical continuity. In the mid-1960s, the economy of this region was shaped by a network of pipelines, numerous oil wells, and scattered gravel pits, reflecting the industrial patterns that supported these remote communities along the tributaries of the Dinner Branch.