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1960 Map of Waller NW

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Waller NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The rolling prairies and wooded bottoms along the Waller, Harris, and Grimes county lines appear here at the start of the 1960s, a landscape defined by small rural congregations and scattered agriculture. Local social life is anchored by landmarks like the Community Hall and several country churches including Reida Prairie Ch and Good Hope Ch. The drainage of the area is intricate, with Spring Creek and Threemile Creek carving through the terrain, punctuated by numerous small ponds that suggest a reliance on local water sources for livestock.

Genealogists and local historians can trace family roots through sites like the Rosenau Cem and Kirby Chapel Cem located near Kirby Chapel. The industrial footprint of the era is minimal but present, evidenced by a pipeline cutting across the northern reaches and scattered resource extraction points such as a Gravel Pit and an Oil Well, showing the early integration of infrastructure into this agrarian Texas landscape.