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Its original title is pleasingly direct, yet the sheet itself is rich with historical texture: a record of settlement patterns, rural infrastructure, and the early geography of communities that would later become part of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan regions in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map was produced by the United States Geological Survey, whose topographic sheets became the authoritative visual language of American terrain in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Here, the USGS method is both scientific and elegant: elevation is expressed through contour lines and hachures, while roads, waterways, settlements, and political boundaries are organized with admirable clarity. The 1:62,500 scale gives the map a broad regional sweep without losing the intimacy of local detail. It is the sort of cartography made for engineers, planners, officials, travelers, and landowners, yet today it reads as a beautifully structured historical document.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcKinney appears as the principal focus, a county seat whose historic downtown would remain one of North Texas’s most distinctive civic centers. To the south, Plano is shown before its later emergence as a major suburban and corporate hub, while Princeton, Farmersville, and Culleoka mark the surrounding constellation of smaller communities. The map records the connective tissue between them: local roads, highways, and farm-to-market routes such as FM 3038, tracing how people, crops, goods, and services moved through the region. Seen together, these details evoke a Collin County still defined by agriculture, rail-era town spacing, and the practical geography of rural Texas life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topography is especially revealing. North Texas is often imagined as flat, but the contours on this sheet show the subtle rise and fall of the Blackland Prairie, with hilly ground, drainage lines, and shallow valleys shaping settlement and road placement. Streams and rivers thread through the countryside, feeding the wider Trinity River watershed and giving structure to fields, crossings, and communities. Around the Lavon area, the map is particularly evocative, capturing a landscape on the cusp of dramatic alteration as reservoir development would soon reshape the region. Lake Lavon would become one of the defining water features of Collin County, supporting flood control, water supply, and recreation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical artifact, this map is compelling because it preserves a version of McKinney and Plano that has largely vanished beneath later growth. What were once discrete towns amid farmland are now part of a dense and dynamic urban corridor, yet the older geography remains legible in road alignments, creek courses, downtown grids, and town names. The sheet invites comparison between past and present: open land against subdivisions, rural roads against commuter routes, modest settlements against modern metropolitan scale. Elegant, precise, and quietly dramatic, McKinney, Texas is a portrait of North Texas before its transformation into one of America’s most rapidly evolving regions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMcKinney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Lavon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCulleoka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarmersville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFM 3038 \/ Farm to Market Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocal roads and highways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall parks and natural features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStreams and rivers in the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:62,500 topographical map of the McKinney, Texas area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 1929, with a 1949 imprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey \/ USGS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures colorful elevation lines and hachures typical of mid-20th-century USGS topographic maps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContour lines show elevation changes and the area’s hilly terrain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects land use and geographical features from nearly a century ago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how urbanization and development have transformed the region since the map was created\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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