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Fort Crockett, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Galveston census division. The Survey maps it on the Galveston quadrangle.

Fort Crockett within Galveston County

On record in Fort Crockett

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fort Crockett: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Galveston PlantBarium-BariteProducer
Milchem Grinding PlantBarium-BariteProducer

Every working recorded in Galveston County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Galveston2.2 miles14
Anderson Ways4.9 miles15
Virginia Point4.9 miles15
Tiki Island5.6 miles15
Fort Travis7.0 miles14
Bayou Vista7.5 miles15
Port Bolivar8.0 miles15
Texas City Junction8.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379786. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.