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2022 Map of Stanmire Lake

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Stanmire Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Mitchell Bend and the winding course of the Trinity River define the boundary between Leon and Houston counties in this pocket of East Texas. The landscape is a complex of oxbow lakes and wetlands, including Stanmire Lake, Alligator Lake, Buzzard Lake, and Field Lake, illustrating the river's historical shifts across the bottomlands. These water bodies, along with Keechi Cr and Big Elkhart Cr, dictate the movement of roads like Navarro Crossing RD and FM 227, which must navigate the low-lying terrain to connect rural settlements like Reynard.

Genealogists will find significant value in the numerous small burial sites scattered across the upland ridges, such as the Old Dalley Family Cem, Wes Hicks Cem, Campbell Family Cem, and the H W L Shepherd Family Cem. These sites, along with the New Cedar Branch Cem and Bluff Cem, serve as primary markers of family landholdings in a region where the W C Ranch Airport and large ranch tracts have otherwise replaced earlier smaller-scale agricultural patterns.