1943 Map of Texas City

About this map

Texas City serves as the industrial anchor of this coastal survey, appearing just years after the end of World War II. The landscape reveals a complex network of energy production and transportation, defined by numerous Oil Wells and Gas Wells that dot the lowlands between Lamarque and the shoreline. The massive Texas City Dike extends far into Galveston Bay, protecting the vital Texas City Channel and the busy Texas City Terminal rail yards. To the north, the smaller settlement of San Leon sits at the junction of Dickinson Bay and the open water, supported by the San Leon Station along the Southern Pacific line. This era captures the region's rapid industrialization, with workers' housing at Humble Camp and residential growth in Heights and Nadeau showing the mid-century transformation of the Galveston County coast.