Municipal Map Collection 1951 thru the Present


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Map Title

Date

Description

Houston Topography Upper 1955
Houston and Vicinity Topography (upper) 

1955

Houston and Vicinity, Texas.  Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey.  Compiled from 1:24 scale maps of Jacinto City, Settegest, Houston Heights, Bellaire, Park Place, and Pasadena 1955. Original size 65 x 52 inches.

Due to size, map has been scanned in two sections, upper and lower.

Houston Topography Lower 1955
Houston and Vicinity Topography (lower) 

1955

Houston and Vicinity, Texas.  Mapped, edited and published by the Geological Survey.  Compiled from 1:24 scale maps of Jacinto City, Settegest, Houston Heights, Bellaire, Park Place, and Pasadena 1955. Original size 65 x 52 inches.

Due to size, map has been scanned in two sections, upper and lower.

City map Harris County 1957
City Map Company's Map of Harris County

1957

Copyright by R. L. Bayer, 5313 South Park Blvd, 1957. R. M. Stene, Cartographer. Revisions by Paul S. Ciolli. Original size 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches. (Map of Houston on reverse)
County road map with road conditions and indexes to map information including oil fields, towns, adjoining border towns, miscellaneous attractions, Houston city streets, and county roads.

1958 Houston City Map
City Map Company's Map of Houston - "Houston's most up to date map."

1958

Copyright by R. L. Bayer, 5313 South Park Blvd, 1958. Revisions by Paul S. Ciolli. Original size 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches. (Map of Harris County on reverse)
Map of Houston with outlying communities. City limits indicated along with major industrial plants, parks, cemeteries. No street index.

Houston Area Travel Map 1967
Houston Area Travel Map

ca. 1967

n.d. Travel map of Houston distributed by Humble Oil Company. Major roads and freeways, attractions, locations of Enco Service Stations and Humble Oil operations indicated.
Note on date: The date for the map was estimated using information from Houston Freeways by Erik Slotboom, © 2003, pg. 276

Clear Lake City Area map 1968
Clear Lake City Area Map

1968

Residential, Educational, Commercial, and Industrial Areas Under Development overlaid on an aerial map of the Clear Lake City area.  Key identifies class of development.  Residential subdivisions are identified.

Clear Lake City Area Map 1973
Clear Lake City Area Map

1973

Residential, Educational, Recreational, Commercial, and Industrial Areas Under Development overlaid on an aerial map of the Clear Lake City area.  Key identifies class of development. 

Industrial Map of Metropolitan Houston 1976
Industrial map of Metropolitan Houston

1976

Industrial Map of Metropolitan Houston.  Bank of the Southwest, prepared by the Industrial Development Department.  Original size 49 x 37 inches.  The east and west sections of the map have been scanned.

Map identifies manufacturing plants employing 25 or more persons dividing them into the following classifications:  chemical, petroleum refining, and natural gas products; primary and fabricated metals; machinery including electrical; and all other manufacturing.  Roads, county lines, city limits, railroads, and freeways open, proposed, and under construction.  Includes a list of manufacturing plants with 25 or more employees and their locations.

Clear Lake city Area map 1977
Clear Lake City Area Map

1977

Clear Lake City Area Map.  Printed July, 1977.  Residential, Educational, Recreational, Commercial and Industrial Areas Under Development.  Original size is 28 x 22 inches.

The map is color coded to identify the different categories of sites and the locations of specific areas of interest.  A list of 40 Bayport plant sites are identified and located on the map.