Resource Type

Live Oak County

Blue line print of survey map of Live Oak County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:222,222] (5000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: August 1910
Creator: Russell, F. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas. Profiles Colorado River.

Map of the Colorado River and its tributaries, showing spillways, dams, proposed sites for dams, average bank lines, elevations above mean sea level datum (in feet), and U.S. Geological Survey river flow gauges (active and inactive). The map also includes highways and major towns located near the river banks. Scale varies.
Date: October 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baylor County

Blue line print of survey map of Baylor County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1917
Creator: Bramlette, H. M. & Wicker, G. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Brewster County Texas.

Cadastral map of Brewster County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, railroads, and rivers. The map includes a note on Brewster County - population, area, rainfall, etc. - in the lower-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Starr Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Starr County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1918
Creator: McDonald, H.F. & Ehlinger, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dawson County

Survey map of Dawson County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: October 1879
Creator: Stakemann, M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Comanche Country, 1875

Military map of the Indian Territory in the Great Plains, showing Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas. The map includes military trails and posts (abandoned and occupied). State lines, towns, railroads, bodies of water, and areas of elevation are also included. Towns enclosed in brackets were established after 1875. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1933
Creator: Riney, W. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: Woodward Quadrangle Grid Zone "D"

Topographic quadrangle map of Woodward, Texas, showing towns, roads and highways, ranches and farms, water bodies, borders between counties, water tanks, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1956
Creator: Loving, James J.; Anderson, Clay; Drouet, Adolph & Barr, J. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of San Patricio County

Blue line print of survey map of San Patricio County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. A handwritten arrow in red ink points to the city of San Patricio on the published map. Scale [ca. 1:222,222] (5000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caldwell Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Caldwell County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, the old San Antonio Road, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil and red ink. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: Rock Springs Sheet

Topographic quadrangle map of Rock Springs, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing parts of Kimble, Edwards, and Sutton Counties. The map includes county lines, towns, ranches, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown by contours (interval 25 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:125,000
Date: 1949
Creator: Thompson, A. H.; Goode, R. U.; Urquhart, Charles F. & Wallace, H. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Carson County

Blue line print of survey map of Carson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of Old Santa Fe Trail and Tascosa Road. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1898
Creator: Pressler, Herman
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gonzales County

Blue line print of survey map of Gonzales County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of Mill Road, Bastrop Road, Columbus Road, San Antonia Road, and a road to Halletsville, compiled from photographs from the 1850s and 1860s. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Matzow, Fr & Giles, J. Bascom
System: The Portal to Texas History

Indian-Campaign of 1868 & 9.

Map of the Washita Campaign, showing exploration routes, rivers and streams, railroads, and Indian Territory for portions of Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Scale [1:1,126,400] (10 miles to 9/16 of an inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mills Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Mills County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, towns and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:228,571] (6000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date: 1906
Creator: Clark, S. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nacogdoches Co

Blue line print of survey map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, railroads, and the Old San Antonio Road. Handwritten notes have been made to the published map in red pencil to highlight San Antonio Road and Kings Highway and denote the addition of Mt. Sterling. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1905
Creator: Morris, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jackson County

Blue line print of survey map of Jackson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Atlee, Tom; Giles, J. Bascom & Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Hampshire

Map of New Hampshire and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, water bodies, boundary lines, forts, and includes explanatory notes on certain geographic features. There is also an inset map in the upper-right corner titled "A General Map of the River St. Lawrence above Montreal to Lake Ontario with the Adjacent Country on the West from Albany & Lake Champlain," with major cities, lakes, rivers, and falls labeled. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (approximately 15 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: Blanchard, Joseph; Langdon, Samuel & Jefferys, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: Tarpley Quadrangle Grid Zone "D"

Topographic quadrangle map of Tarpley, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads and highways, ranches and farms, water bodies, mountains, borders between counties, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1956
Creator: Pope, F. A.; Anderson, Clay; Drouet, Adolph & Barr, J. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: San Marcos Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of San Marcos, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing Guadalupe, Gonzales, Hays, and Caldwell Counties. The map includes county lines, towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, and schools. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:125,000
Date: 1931
Creator: Marshall, R. B.; Herron, W. H.; Stiles, Arthur; McLaughlin, Fred; Forster, William J.; Elliott, Herman R. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Northern Mexico (1)]

Map of the U.S. Postal Service mail stations and routes in parts of Texas and Mexico, showing the beginnings and endings of routes, the frequency of the mail delivery (e.g. two times a week), special supply routes, and discontinued offices. The map also includes railroads, major towns, and county and country lines.
Date: 1880?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Route of Cabeza De Vaca

Map of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas, along the coast, up to San Angelo, along the Rio Grande, and finally down into Mexico. An area in south Texas is circled in red and labeled "Tuna Area."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 10: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the last 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Routes of Coronado and Army]

Map of the Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542, through parts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The map includes state boundary lines, bodies of water, major towns, forts, and areas of elevation. A legend, included in the lower-right corner, indicates directions of the routes of Coronado and his army. No scale indicated.
Date: 1912
Creator: Root, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History