W.H. Gamble, County Map of the State of Texas Showing also portions of the Adjoining States and Territories, Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1873, Map #93696, Map Collection, Archives and Records Program, Texas General Land Office, Austin, TX.

County Map of the State of Texas, 1873

This 1873 map of the state of Texas, drawn and engraved by W.H. Gamble of Philadelphia, illustrates the relative density of settlement in eastern and central Texas compared to western Texas, which had yet to be fully defined into counties.

Detail of the central portion of Texas, showing complete and incomplete railroads, as well as cities and counties.

A portion of the sparsely populated Panhandle, and a portion of New Mexico.

The expansion of important railroad lines throughout Texas is featured prominently, as well as county lines, towns, waterways, and geographic features.

Degrees longitude are measured from two sources: across the top in relation to the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, and across the bottom in relation to Washington, D.C.

Detail of the plan of Galveston and vicinity

An inset includes a detailed view of the east part of Galveston Island. Parts of New Mexico, Louisiana, and present-day Oklahoma are also shown.

A reproduction of this map can be purchased on the GLO website.

This map was donated in 2014 by Martha McCabe in memory and in honor of her mother Mary Lee Borden McCabe (1907–1993), great-grandniece of first Land Commissioner John P. Borden.