Maps of Rusk County

1863 Civil War Reconnaissance map
You'll need to rotate this page to the right and you can click the + to zoom in enough to see the names of the owners.
More of the 1863 map showing the extreme northwest corner of Rusk County - now Gregg County.

Cemeteries

There are 239 cemeteries currently plotted by coordinates. I started with 78 cemeteries from USGS and the others have been mapped by myself and other volunteers.
I've combined the known and unknown locations maps.
Complete map - 239 markers

Historical markers

There are 78 markers on this map.
 
Historical Markers
These markers are based on coordinates from USGS.

Populated places

are cities, towns and what we call communities. They may contain 5 people or 1,000,000 (but not in East Texas).
There are 86 markers on this map.
 
Populated Places

Churches

I haven't started adding churches to the original USGS list. Some of the churches are historical and some are new.
There are 110 markers on this map.
 
Churches

Streams

A stream is any flowing body of water. It may be small enough to step over or as wide as the Mississippi.
These coordinates 'should' mark the MOUTHS of the streams (where they flow into another stream or body of water).
There are 147 markers on this map.
 
Streams