1985 Map of Waco

About this map

The Brazos River corridor dominates this Central Texas landscape, serving as the central artery for a region defined by its water and rail networks in the mid-1980s. The city of Waco sits at the confluence of major infrastructure, where the Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR and Missouri Pacific RR intersect near the banks of Waco Lake. To the northwest, the creation of Whitney Lake and the surrounding Lake Whitney State Park illustrates the mid-century transformation of the upper Brazos into a recreational and water-management hub.