1969 Map of Taft

About this map

Taft serves as the primary hub of this industrial and agricultural landscape in the late 1960s, its urban grid tightly organized around the Southern Pacific railroad corridor. The town contains essential local infrastructure including the City Hall, Hospital, and several schools such as East Sch. Outside the residential core, the landscape is defined by extensive energy extraction, with the White Point Oil Field and East White Point Oil Field dominating the southern bluffs overlooking Nueces Bay. Smaller settlements like Sodville and Midway are connected by a network of rural routes and the Boykin Road. Researchers will find a mix of aviation and civic history, from the Worsham Airfield and a northern Landing Strip to the Bellevue Cem on the edge of town, illustrating the area's development during this period of coastal Texas history.