About Goldsmith, Texas

Goldsmith is a small city in northwestern Ector County, where State Highway 158 meets Farm Road 856. The community developed with Permian Basin oil activity and was named for rancher C. A. Goldsmith, whose property included the townsite. Its population once stabilized at 850, then declined after World War II; the 2020 census recorded 236 residents.

  • Oil Field OpeningGoldsmith's oil field opened on June 14, 1935, when the discovery well produced 1,140 barrels of crude oil per day.
  • A New NameIn 1936, Ector City was rejected as the post office name because another Texas community already used it, so residents chose Goldsmith.
  • Early Town LifeBy 1937, Goldsmith had churches, a post office, a grocery, a restaurant, and a rooming house offering showers for twenty-five cents.
  • Modern ConveniencesGoldsmith gained a school in 1938, the same year electric lamps replaced kerosene lighting.

Find your street

Names on the Goldsmith map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks1

  • Goldsmith Park

Streets and roads15

  • Gulf Avenue
  • Alma Street
  • Devonian
  • North Devonian Street
  • Scharbauer Street
  • Midland Street
  • Goldsmith Street
  • Odessa Street
  • Hendrickson Street
  • Avenue East
  • Devonian Street
  • FM 866
  • North Scharbauer Street
  • West Scharbauer Street
  • West Avenue East

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

The Details

About This Print

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A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.

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