About Riesel, Texas

Riesel is a city in southeastern McLennan County, situated where State Highway 6 meets Farm Road 1860, fourteen miles southeast of Waco. Its beginnings are tied to a railroad site, German settlement, and W. H. Riesel's cotton gin. The 2020 census recorded 1,062 residents.

  • Names Before RieselThe site was first called Roddy, then its post office opened as Prospect in 1890 before taking the name Riesel the following year.
  • Gin Owner HonoredThe community was renamed for W. H. Riesel, who built a gin there in 1890.
  • School District EstablishedRiesel Independent School District was organized in 1895.
  • Growing Commercial CenterBy 1896, the community had a hotel, several stores, two lumberyards, and a newspaper called the Riesel Breeze.
  • Population GrowthPopulation records rose from 268 residents in 1900 to 973 in 2000 and 1,062 in 2020.

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Names on the Riesel 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.

Streets and roads51

  • East State Highway 6
  • North Memorial Street
  • South Memorial Street
  • East Adams Street
  • East Frederick Street
  • FM 1860
  • Roadrunner Trail
  • West Fredrick Street
  • Rattlesnake Road
  • Kattner Road
  • Broadway Street
  • West Lake Creek Road
  • South Fair Park Street
  • South Fairpark Street
  • East Charles Street
  • Little Rattler Road
  • Sanders Lane
  • Edwards Street
  • Hilltop Street
  • Morris Street
  • Blackland Road
  • Post Oak Lane
  • Live Oak Lane
  • Rice Road
  • Linebaugh
  • Dyck Street
  • Jena Street
  • North Williams Street
  • Short Cut
  • Northern Hills Road
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  • Serenity Hill Drive
  • Indian Trail Road
  • Raccoon Hollow
  • South Broadway Street
  • Rolinata Drive
  • South Railroad Street
  • South Main Street
  • South Jena Street
  • Canton Lane
  • Gerhard Drive
  • Fair Park Street
  • Alley Lane
  • Lehman Lane
  • Shady Branch Court
  • Tapley Street
  • Julius Street
  • North Hedwig Street
  • Old Time Street
  • North Jena Street
  • Blue Bluff Road
  • Markyle Street

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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

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

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