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1961 Map of Staley

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Staley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Trinity River and the expanding waters of Lake Livingston define this landscape along the borders of Walker and San Jacinto counties. The 1972 revisions highlighted in purple capture the significant impact of the reservoir on the lowland topography, inundating many areas near Sulphur Bluffs and Belle and Ford Lake. On the higher ground, the map reveals a scattered network of rural institutions, including the Gospel Hill Sch and Gospel Hill Cem, alongside the small community of Staley (Embryfield).

Extensive tracts of the Sam Houston National Forest cover the southern half of the sheet, where drainage systems like East Carolina Creek and Palmetto Creek carve through the woodland. These forest areas preserve several local burial sites, such as Community Relief Cem and Chapel Cem, which remain as essential touchstones for genealogists tracing families from this corner of East Texas before the reservoir altered the river basin.