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1920 Map of Waller

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Waller
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Waller townsite sits at the intersection of industry and prairie on this 1916 survey, published in 1942. Located along the Waller Co Harris Co Boundary Line, the settlement is defined by the Southern Pacific System Houston and Texas Central railroad and the adjacent Houston and Texas Central Road. This transport corridor cuts a diagonal path across a landscape of subtle topographic shifts, most notably at Hockley Mound and the designated Highest point in Harris County.

Remote outposts and family landmarks like the Badke Ranch and Binford School offer clues for genealogists tracking early twentieth-century rural life. The drainage patterns of Spring Creek, Kickapoo Creek, and Mound Creek suggest a terrain of seasonal waterways and low-lying pastures that dictated the placement of these early homesteads and public buildings before the expansion of the Houston metropolitan area.