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Map Map of Refugio County, Texas

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Title

  • Map of Refugio County, Texas

Names

  • Winsor, E. S., cartographer.

Created / Published

  • Victoria,Texas.: Winsor, E.S., 1925.

Headings

  • -  Real property--Texas--Refugio County--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Texas--Refugio County--Maps
  • -  Refugio County (Tex.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Texas--Refugio County

Genre

  • Cadastral maps

Notes

  • -  [Texas]: Winsor, E.F.: MAP OF REFUGIO COUNTY TEXAS. Victoria, Tx.: Refugio Abstract & Title Company, [ca. 1925]. Blue-line map, approximately 33 1/2 inches x 45 1/2 inches. Original folds.
  • -  Blue line map.
  • -  A large-scale cadastral map of Refugio County, showing land ownership and other topographical detail. Refugio County is located along the Gulf Coast, just north of Corpus Christi. Land lots both great and small are shown, and the name of the owner is given in either printed or manuscript form. The manuscript notes are plentiful, mostly in the central portion of the map, and carry the information forward as late as 1934. Interestingly, this was the same year that the Tom O'Connor field was discovered in Refugio County, and the area has been an important source of oil and gas ever since. The O'Connor family are shown to be major landowners, and the names of Martin O'Connor and Mrs. D.M. O'Connor also appear on the map as owners of large lots of land. Names of other women are also shown on large properties, including Rosa Lambert, Mrs. F.B. Rooke, and Mrs. K.D. Roache. The map itself is exceedingly rare, with no copies in OCLC; the present copy, with its manuscript additions, is positively unique and an important source for and ownership issues even to the present day.
  • -  Note: Additional data as furnished by the Refugio Abstract & Title Co. placed hereon, Dec. 1925.
  • -  Justification: U.S. County land ownership maps have been popular among G&M researchers and consequently acquiring wanting maps have been a priority for much of the history of G&M. This rare Texas county L.O. map is appropriately priced.
  • -  Stained and creased along fold lines.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 86 x 117 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4033.R45G46 1925 .W5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022585159

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Winsor, E. S., Cartographer. Map of Refugio County, Texas. Victoria,Texas.: Winsor, E.S, 1925. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2022585159/.

APA citation style:

Winsor, E. S. (1925) Map of Refugio County, Texas. Victoria,Texas.: Winsor, E.S. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2022585159/.

MLA citation style:

Winsor, E. S., Cartographer. Map of Refugio County, Texas. Victoria,Texas.: Winsor, E.S, 1925. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2022585159/>.