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1919 Map of Swanson

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of Swanson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

Cypress Creek meanders through this portion of Northwest Harris County, defining a landscape of low-lying prairies and occasional prominent rises like Wolf Hill. Surveyed just before the end of the First World War, the map illustrates the early transportation network that linked these rural ranching lands to regional markets. The Southern Pacific System (Houston and Texas Central RR) and the Houston and Hempstead Road run nearly parallel across the northern section, marking the corridor that would later facilitate suburban expansion.

Local landmarks such as the Warren Ranch and Freemans Dam provide specific points of interest for those researching early 20th-century land use in the area. The map also delineates the Harris Co Waller Co line and highlights a significant Unsurveyed Area to the southwest, reflecting the status of civil surveying at the time. Small water features like Lake Peter Donley and the drainage of Rock Hollow further detail the hydrological character of the prairie before modern drainage improvements changed the terrain.