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1961 Map of Slidell

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Slidell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Slidell serves as the primary hub in this early 1960s survey of the northern Texas prairies, situated near the Wise Co Denton Co border. The landscape is defined by the dendritic drainage patterns of Denton Creek and its many tributaries, including Black Creek and North Pecan Creek. This era of the region reflects a quiet agricultural and industrial transition, characterized by small rural settlements and scattered resource extraction sites like the Gravel Pits found along the creek banks.

Local history researchers will find the small communities of Sycamore and Allison documented alongside essential landmarks for genealogical study, such as the Greenwood Cem and an additional unnamed Cem to the east. The map captures a moment before significant modern suburban expansion reached this section of the county line, preserving the original rural character of the creek-bottom lands and the upland pastures between them.