Texas Land Survey Maps for Austin County (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781420351187)

132 pages with 47 maps An indispensable book for any researcher interested in Austin County's history or land (or both), or its first landowners after Texas's Independence from Mexico. Each book in this series is laid out into multiple maps using a 6 mile high by 4 mile wide grid.This book contains 42 Survey maps laid out within this grid. Each Land Survey Map shows the boundaries of original parcels laid out over existing roads, railroads, waterways. These are shown as well as the original Survey-Name and the Abstract Number assigned by the Texas General Land Office to the instrument that gave ownership to that parcel. Here are a number of details about our Austin County book . . . Supplemental Maps Included (in addition to the primary Survey Maps) . . . - Where Austin County Lies Within the State (Map A) - Austin County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B) - An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps are within Austin County (Map C) - An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows the community-center points in relationship to the county-grid (Map D) - An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows cemeteries listed in the USGS database in relationship to the county-grid (Map E) Primary Indexes (apart from each Survey-Map's own index of survey-names) - An All-Name Index (alphabetical by last-name) for every person mentioned in the maps, utilizing both Texas General Land Office and Texas Railroad Commission data. - The Abstract Listing: this is where you find the real details behind each parcel of land.Items are listed by Abstract Number What Cities and Towns are in Austin County, Texas (and in this book)? Beard, Bellville, Bleiblerville, Brazos Country, Buckhorn, Burleigh, Cat Spring, Cochran, Frydek, Industry, Kenney, Krebsville, Macedonia, Millheim, Nelsonville, New Bremen, New Ulm, New Wehdem, Peters, Post Oak Point, Raccoon Bend, Rexville, Rockhouse, San Felipe, Sealy, Sempronius (historical), Shelby, Wallis, Wehdem, Welcome

Author: Gregory a. Boyd J. D.
ISBN-10: 1420351184
ISBN-13: 9781420351187
Publisher: Arphax Publishing Co.
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2010
Pages: 142
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.30d