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1960 Map of Waller

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Waller
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Prairie View A & M College dominates the northwestern portion of this landscape, its campus at Prairie View featuring an Athletic Field and localized infrastructure. The town of Waller serves as a central hub, situated where the Texas and New Orleans railroad line, also marked as the Southern Pacific, cuts across the terrain. This rail corridor influenced the early development of the region, connecting smaller nodes like Kulhanek to the broader agricultural and transport network of the county.

The geography is defined by a series of drainage systems, including Kickapoo Creek, Mound Creek, and Snake Creek, which carve through the land alongside family-named markers like Mathis Cem and St Marys Cem. The inclusion of Houston corporate boundaries at the edge of the sheet indicates the early encroachment of metropolitan growth into this traditionally rural area. Notable local landmarks such as Shiloh Ch and Waller Cem provide specific points of interest for genealogical research.