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1964 Map of Speaks

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Speaks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The Navidad River and its dense network of tributaries, including Peach Creek and Sandies Creek, define the landscape of south-central Lavaca County in the mid-1960s. This survey illustrates the heavy footprint of the local petroleum industry, dominated by the Provident City Gas Field and the Vienna Gas Field. Industrial infrastructure is scattered throughout the region, most notably the Wilcox Refinery and a web of pipelines that cross the wooded terrain.

Settlement patterns are centered on small, dispersed communities such as Speaks, Seclusion, and Provident City. Genealogists will find value in the placement of rural burial sites like Bright Cem and Hiatt Cem, which sit alongside family-named water features like Traylor Branch and Hazelwood Branch. The map also captures the complex multi-county boundaries where Lavaca, Colorado, Jackson, and Wharton counties meet.