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1958 Map of Whitesboro

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Whitesboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Whitesboro serves as a central hub in this late 1950s survey of Grayson County, where the intersection of the Texas and Pacific and Missouri Kansas Texas railroads defines the local commerce. The landscape is a dense network of family heritage and oil exploration, marked by dozens of small burial grounds like Akers Cem and Herod-Morris Cem, alongside active drilling zones such as the Walnut Bend Oil Field and Dawkins Oil Field.

To the northeast, the rising waters of Lake Texoma reach into the Big Mineral Arm, bordered by the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. This era also shows the modernization of the Texas road system, with a segment of Highway 82 clearly marked as under construction west of town. Smaller settlements like Collinsville, Sadler, and Southmayd appear as quiet rural outposts, each anchored by local landmarks such as Bones Chapel and Burton Sch.