1984 Map of Silsbee

About this map

Silsbee stands as a significant hub in Southeast Texas, shown here just as the neighboring community of Lumberton began its period of late-twentieth-century residential growth. The landscape is defined by the winding course of Village Creek, which creates a complex network of oxbows, sloughs, and named ponds such as Old Mill Pond and Blue Hole. These waterways, including Bear Woods Creek and Cane Slough, illustrate the hydrology of the Piney Woods region, where the terrain transitions from established town grids into the dense wetlands of the Bear Woods Slough and Duck Marsh.