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1961 Map of Stonewall

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Stonewall
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Pedernales River flows through the heart of the Texas Hill Country in this early 1960s survey, anchoring a landscape defined by generational family ranches and small German-settled communities. The LBJ Ranch is prominent along the river's northern bank, while the primary settlement at Stonewall serves as a local hub with its St Francis Xavier Ch and Stonewall Cem. The map reveals a deeply rooted rural infrastructure, from the South Grape Creek Sch to the scattered holdings of the Gellermann Ranch and Weinheimer Ranch.

Evidence of the area's agricultural and geological character is seen in the numerous watercourses like South Grape Creek and Stolles Creek that carve through the limestone terrain toward Wolf Mountain. Local industries are represented by several Gravel Pits and a Borrow Pit near the river. For genealogists, the map is a vital record of the Gillespie and Kendall County borderlands, preserving the exact locations of the Luckenbach Cem and Blumenthal Cem.