2022 Map of Yorktown East

About this map

Yorktown serves as the focal point of this South Texas landscape, where the town's grid meets a network of country roads like Old 237 and Community Hall Rd. The area is remarkably dense with family and denominational burial grounds, reflecting the deep genealogical roots of the DeWitt County community. From the San Luis Catholic Cem and Yorktown Community Cem near the town center to the more isolated Epperson - Brown - Jonischkies Cem and Captain York Cem to the east, these sites provide a vital record of early settlement patterns. The terrain is defined by a series of parallel drainage systems, including Twelvemile Cr, Fifteenmile Cr, and Eighteenmile Cr, which flow southeast toward the DeWitt and Goliad County line. This hydrologic network historically dictated the placement of homesteads and small family cemeteries like the Menn - Treude Cem.