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Map of Gillespie County

Survey map of Gillespie County, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, forts, and bodies of water. No scale information given.
Date: March 23, 1857
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Youngland District

Blueline print of survey map of Youngland District, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map. No scale information given.
Date: 1857
Creator: Matthews, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County.

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: November 1, 1857
Creator: Browne, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and Texas Boundary Line and Adjacent Territory

Blueline map showing the boundary line between Texas and Mexico, showing topographic markings. Scale 1: 999,996 (15 miles and 4133 ft = 1 in.)
Date: 1857
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and Texas Boundary Line and Adjacent Territory.

Map of the boundary lines between Texas and the United States, showing military trails, bodies of water, and areas of elevation. Includes table of "Points which can be easily found on the Earth's surface," indicating the latitude and longitude of mountains, hills, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (15 miles to the inch).
Date: 1857
Creator: Clark, J. H. & Weyss, J. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Young Land District

Blueline format of Young Land District, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. No scale information given.
Date: 1857
Creator: Matthews, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Asylum and University Lands situated on the waters of Hubbards-Creek

Cadastral map of land grants for universities, blind asylums, and lunatic asylums, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, roads, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1857
Creator: Carter, S. M. & Creuzbaur, R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mapa del Presidio de San Antonio de Bexar: sus Misiones de la Provinsia de Texas, Fecho en 24 del Mes de Marzo de 1764

Duplication of a map roughly depicting the missions and surrounding areas located near present-day San Antonio, during the Spanish rule of Texas; features are represented pictorially. Scale approximately 1:83,333 (Escala de 5000. Mil Varas Casttellanas.)
Date: 1857
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Texas geography, towns, and cities. Also indicates the "Cross Timbers" region of Texas and present-day Oklahoma. Inset: "Plan der Galveston Bay." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca.1:4,224,000].
Date: 1857?
Creator: Flemming, Carl, fl. 1842
System: The Portal to Texas History

Preliminary chart of the entrance to Matagorda Bay, Texas from a trigonometrical survey.

Map shows coastline details for Matagorda Bay and Lavaca Bay; towns, islands, lighthouses, shipwrecks, structures, and beacons. Includes notes on light houses, tides, soundings, and bottoms. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [1:40,000], [1:200,000] and [1:40,000].
Date: 1857
Creator: Schulz, Wm. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. IX from 1848 to 1857.

Map shows towns along the Gulf of Mexico coastline in Texas used for triangulation. Inset: Sketch Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 56. Includes text, "Notes." Scale [1:600,000] and [1:400,000].
Date: 1857
Creator: United States Coast Survey
System: The Portal to Texas History

Preliminary chart no. 31 of the seacoast of the United States from Galveston Bay to Matagorda Bay Texas : from a trigonometrical survey.

Map shows islands, settlements, and coastline from Matagorda Bay, along Galveston Island, Bolivar Peninsula, and Galveston Bay. Includes text with information on lighthouses, beacons, light vessels, magnetic needle, tides and winds. Relief shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:200,000].
Date: 1857
Creator: Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas and part of New Mexico : Compiled in the Bureau of Topographl. Eng'rs. chiefly for military purposes, 1857.

Map shows towns, military outposts, rivers, and military reconnaissance surveys in parts of mid-nineteenth century Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. Includes list of authorities and table of readings from surveyor's stations. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Scale [1:1,500,000].
Date: 1857
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Asylum Lands

Survey map of land grants for "blind and lunatic asylums" in Shackelford, Jones, Taylor, and Calhoun Counties, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1857
Creator: Creuzbaur, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Titus County

Cadastral map of Titus County, Texas including the Piney Woods region. A separate paper containing a legal statement is affixed to the lower-right corner of the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 31, 1857
Creator: Riddle, Elam
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nacogdoches County

Map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1, 1857
Creator: Browne, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trinity County

Cadastral map of Trinity County in the Piney Woods region. Geographic features are marked as well as the road to Colthary's Ferry. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 8, 1857
Creator: Baumgarthen, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Upshur County

Cadastral map of Upshur County and part of Gregg County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Some notes and borders are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 17, 1857
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Denton County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Denton County, Texas. Pilot Point is located on the Charles Smith Survey, as shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 31, 1857
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ellis County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Ellis County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1, 1857
Creator: Martin, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hill County

Map of Hill County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 30, 1857
Creator: Martin, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson County

Map of Johnson County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Peter's Colony line is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 16, 1857
Creator: Martin, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Harrison County

Map of the Piney Woods region covering Harrison County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1857
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Wood County

Cadastral map of Wood County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Some boundaries are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:13,334] (400 varas per inch).
Date: December 7, 1857
Creator: Browne, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History