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1961 Map of Thomas Springs

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Thomas Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Zion Hill and Jakes Colony anchor this rural landscape in southeastern Guadalupe County, showing the distribution of small community centers in the early 1960s. The map captures a transition between the elevated terrain of Kings Hill and the drainage basins of Ecleto Creek and Sandies Creek. Notable for genealogists and local historians, the sheet records specific sites such as the Zion Hill Ch and its adjacent Zion Hill Cem, as well as the Jakes Colony Ch further west.

Industry and land use are represented by a major Pipeline cutting through the center of the quadrangle and the presence of a Radio Tower near the community of Zion Hill. Numerous smaller watercourses like Krams Creek and Cottonwood Creek weave through the countryside, defining the agricultural and ranching boundaries of the era, while the Guadalupe Co Wilson Co line marks the southern extent of the survey.