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2013 Map of Sweet Home

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Sweet Home
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Sweet Home serves as the central hub for this rural stretch of Lavaca County, where a dense network of county roads like Co RD 315 and Co RD 391 connects scattered farmsteads and agricultural plots. The landscape is defined by its intricate drainage patterns, with numerous tributaries such as Supplejack Cr, Clarks Cr, and Kelley Cr dissecting the terrain. These waterways shaped the local settlement patterns, dictating the placement of both residences and commemorative sites.

Genealogists will find interest in the Queen of Peace Cem near the heart of the community, as well as the more isolated Yellow Bank Cem situated along the banks of Yellow Bank Cr to the east. The dominance of state and county road designations, including FM 318 and Alt 77, reflects a late-twentieth-century transition toward modernized rural transport while maintaining the traditional boundaries of early Texas land parcels.