County map of the State of Texas: Showing also portions of the Adjoining States and Territories

This map shows the state of Texas, portions of New Mexico and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), and the surrounding areas. The visible counties of Texas, New Mexico, and "Indian Territory" are marked with dotted lines, labeled, and shaded in various colors. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are also marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the map shows the western expansion of the Texas & Pacific Railroad from Eastland County to El Paso, the Galveston-Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad from San Antonio to El Paso, and, the southward expansion of the International Railroad from San Antonio to Laredo. An inset in the lower left corner shows a "Plan of Galveston and Vicinity." Scale [ca. 1:3,250,000] (W 109°--W 92°/N 36°--N 27°) Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 1881
Creator: Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico.

This map shows the country of Mexico and surrounding areas. The states of Mexico are outlined in color and labeled. Texas is shown outlined and shaded in yellow. An inset in the lower left corner shows Central America, labeled "Guatimala." Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: Hall, Sidney
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas.

This map shows the state of Texas and surrounding areas. Each of the counties is shaded in color and labeled in blue text. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reconnaissance of Sabine Pass

This map is a nautical chart showing the hydrography of the area in Texas and Louisiana around the Sabine Pass. The physical features are marked to portray coastline conditions using nautical notations and color shading and outlines. Depths are shown by soundings and marked with lines and numbers in feet. Text in the lower left corner is labeled "Sailing Directions" and gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. It also notes that various measurements used for the map were taken between 1848 and 1852. Scale 1:40,000.
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reconnaissance of Aransas Pass, Texas

This map is a nautical chart showing the hydrography of the area in Texas around the Aransas Pass. The physical features are outlined and shaded in color (relief shown by soundings and contours). Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. Text in the upper left corner is labeled "Sailing Directions" and "Note"; the text gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. Scale 1:20,000.
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Velasco, Texas, and Environs

This map shows the city of Velasco, split into numbered lots. Text near the middle of the page describes the history and population of the city and the Brazos River Channel. Near the bottom of the page, Surfside and Quintana are also shown in lesser detail.
Date: 189u
Creator: Rand McNally & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County Map of Texas and Indian Territory.

This map shows the states of Texas and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). Texas counties are shaded in various colors and labeled. Major cities, roads, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:3,500,000]
Date: 1875
Creator: H. H. Lloyd & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika

This map shows the southwestern portion of the United States and northern portion of Mexico. U.S. states are outlined in color and numbered (corresponding to an index of states and territories in the lower left corner). Additionally, cities, bodies of water, the names and locations of some Native American Indian tribes, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America

This map shows North and Central America with countries outlined in various colors. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:21,723,000].
Date: unknown
Creator: J. & C. Walker
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities

This map shows the state of Texas and surrounding areas. Counties are shaded using various colors and labeled. Cities, roads, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the map is annotated with notes about the locations of Indian tribes, railroads, and wild herds as well as population and other statistics from the 1850 census. Scale 1:3,400,000. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. The northern, panhandle section of Texas is separated from the rest of the state and shown in an inset (upper left corner) titled "Northern Texas on the same scale as the larger Map." Additionally, an inset in the lower left corner is a "Map of the Vicinity of Galveston" (with Scale 1: 600,000).
Date: 1855
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) & Hazzard, J. L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Karte des Staates Texas aufgenommen in die Union 1846 : nach der neuesten Eintheilung

This map shows the state of Texas and surrounding areas. Some counties are outlined in red and there are areas shaded in color. Major cities, roads, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). The names and locations of some Native American Indian tribes are also marked in western and northern portions of the state. There are two insets: "Plan von Neu-Brunfels und Comalstadt" (lower left corner) and "Plan von Castroville" (lower right corner).
Date: 1849
Creator: Koenen, Fr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of part of the state of Texas

Map of a portion of southern Texas showing major cities, county lines, bodies of water, and other geographic landforms (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: unknown
Creator: J. H. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas : To Illustrate Olney's School of Geography

Map of the eastern portion of Texas with all of the counties outlined and labeled. The map has rivers and geographic landforms marked (relief is shown by hachures). Bordering portions of "Indian Territory" and Mexico are shown to the north and south. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 1860
Creator: Olney, J. (Jesse), 1798-1872
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas

Map of Texas and surrounding area with major cities, rivers, and geographic formations marked (relief shown with hachures). The state of Texas and individual counties are all outlined in pink with surrounding territories outlined in yellow and blue. An index of counties is in the upper right corner of the map with a key in both German and English. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 185u
Creator: Lange, Henry, 1821-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps from Mitchell's School and Family Geography]

This map is double-sided. On the front is a map of Texas, with the state shaded in blue; most of the state is in the middle of the page, with portions of the surrounding territories at the top and bottom. In the upper left corner, there is an inset showing "Northern Texas on the same scale as the larger Map" and a second inset in the lower left corner has a "Map of the Vicinity of Galveston City" which has a different scale. The map includes major cities, roads, and geographic levels (relief shown with hachures). All of the counties are drawn in and labeled. The back side of the map shows all of the major roads, railroads, cities, and counties of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Each state is shaded in a different color. Some portions of surrounding states are visible around the edges of the map. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000] (W 103°--W 93°/N 34° --N 26°). Scale [ca.1: 3,200,000] (W 93°--W 82°/N 48° --N 42°). Scale [ca.1: 3,200,000] (W 96° --W 80°/N 43° --N 37°). Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Date: 1858
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

State of Texas

Two pages (numbered 91 and 92) taken from an unknown text. The first page is primarily taken up by a shaded map of the state of Texas that shows major cities, bodies of water, and mountain ranges (relief shown by hachures). Underneath, the text contains "Lesson XLVII...State of Texas." with information about the Characteristics, Mountains, Valleys, Rivers, Sea-Coast, Islands, and Vegetable Products of the state. The second page is a continuation of the text, including further information on Animals, Minerals, Climate, Soil, Face of the Country, Divisions, Agriculture, Chief Towns, Inhabitants, and History--Early Annals of the state. The portion about the divisions of Texas includes a table that breaks down the population of each county.
Date: 185u
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas

This map shows the state of Texas with the counties labeled. Additionally, the map shows bodies of water and geographic levels (relief shown with hachures). There are two insets: "Map of Northern Texas" in the upper left corner and "Vicinity of Galveston" in the lower left. Some bordering regions are shown around the state. The back of the map is text which has exercises for a "Map of Nebraska, Kansas, and Dacotah" which is on an unincluded page. The questions relate to the major cities, bodies of water, and natural resources of each of the territories.
Date: 187u
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities.

Map of the state of Texas shows major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features (relief shown by hachures); each of the counties is outlined and colored. Additionally, the major rail lines are marked with listings in the lower right corner. There are two insets on the map: "Northern Texas on the same scale as the larger Map" in the upper left corner and "Map of Galveston Bay from the U.S. Coast Survey" in the lower left corner. There is also a key and list labeled "Population &c of Texas according to the Census of 1850" on the left side of the map near the middle of the page. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Scale 1: 3,400,000 (W 106°--W 94°/N 36°--N 26°).
Date: 1859
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas from the most recent authorities.

This map shows the state of Texas and surrounding areas including the Apache and Comanche Indian areas, the Cross Timbers, roads, and land "explored by LeGrand in 1833." The map shows major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features (relief shown with hachures) and each of the Texas counties is colored. In the lower left corner there is an inset containing "Texas north of Red River." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Scale: [ca. 1:3,379,200].
Date: 1850~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas

This map shows the state of Texas with each county outlined and colored. The major roads and geographic features are included (with relief shown by hachures) and cities are labeled according to size. In the lower left corner, there is an inset which has the "Western Portion of Texas, Same Scale as Main Map." On the back of the map is an index of Texas counties and towns as well as statistics regarding population and size of the state. Scale is [ca. 1 : 4,752,000]
Date: 1904
Creator: C.S. Hammond & Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas and Indian Territory

This map shows the state of Texas and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). The counties of Texas are labeled and shaded in various colors; regions of Indian Territory are outlined in red. Major cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief marked by hachures). Additionally, completed and proposed railroads (as well as some other travel routes) are marked with red lines. There are three insets: "Mexico" and the "Western Part of Texas" in the lower left corner, and southern states west of Texas (parts of California, Arizona, and New Mexico) in the lower right corner. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich This map is a part of a larger document that discusses the geography of Texas including physical geography and social geography (population, government, education, etc.), important Texans, and history.
Date: 1878
Creator: Monteith, James
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, New Mexico &c.

Map of New Mexico and Texas as well as the surrounding areas; the counties of each state are labeled and outlined in red and the states and "Indian Territory" are all colored in. Cities, railroad lines, bodies of water, and geographic features are all marked on the map (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, part of New Mexico &c.

This map shows Texas, New Mexico, part of Indian Territory and the surrounding areas. The major roads, cities, and bodies of water are marked and the counties of Texas are labeled. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 186u
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas

This map shows the state of Texas and surrounding areas with their major roads, railroads, bodies of water, and geographic features (relief shown by hachures). Within the state, each county is labeled and colored. In the lower left corner, there is a key as well as two insets: "Plan of Galveston Bay from the U.S. Coast Survey" and "Plan of Sabine Lake." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Scale ca. [1:3,850,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History