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1963 Map of Terrell South

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Terrell South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The growing city of Terrell serves as the focal point for this early 1960s survey, showing a landscape defined by significant infrastructure and institutional expansion. The Texas and Pacific railroad bisects the terrain, running parallel to highways like the 4 Lane corridor and sections of 4 Lane Under Construction, indicating a period of rapid transit development. Beyond the city limits, a network of family-named settlements and rural institutions persists, including Union Valley, Post Oak Bend, and the campus of Southwestern Christian College.

The map reveals a remarkably high density of burial grounds, from the large Oakland Cemetery and New Oakwood Cemetery to the specialized State Hospital Cemetery and Barrow Cem. Rural life is centered around local gathering points such as Mt Calvary Ch, Lone Star Ch, and the Wallace Airfield. Natural drainage is provided by the winding courses of Bachelor Creek and Kings Creek, which flow southward through a mix of wooded creek bottoms and cleared agricultural lands like Lechner Farm.