1956 Map of Wallis
USGS Topo · Published 1956About this map
The San Bernard River and Brazos River anchor this topographic survey, highlighting a landscape defined by meandering watercourses and a dense network of early 20th-century rail infrastructure. Settled nodes like Wallis and East Bernard serve as key junctions where the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway intersect. The map documents a complex web of drainage features, including Church Branch, Burroughs Creek, and West San Bernard Creek, which dictate the local agricultural patterns. Because this civil edition is based on early military fieldwork from 1912-1919, it preserves a granular view of rural Texas before extensive modern development. Smaller settlements such as Chesterville, Lissie, and Nottawa appear along the rail lines, providing essential points of reference for genealogists and researchers tracking family landholdings and historic transportation routes through Austin, Fort Bend, Colorado, and Wharton counties.
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