About Wells, Texas

Wells is a town in extreme southern Cherokee County, located at the junction of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm Road 1247. Established as a railroad stop in 1885, it later developed around farming, cattle ranching, and lumber. The 2020 U.S. census recorded 853 residents.

  • Railroad BeginningsThe community began in 1885 as a Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad stop and was named for the railroad's civil engineer, Maj. E. H. Wells.
  • Early CommunityA post office opened in 1886, and Wells had 50 residents, three general stores, a hotel, a sawmill, and a Methodist church by 1890.
  • A Growing TownThe First State Bank of Wells opened in 1913, and the population reached 300 the following year.
  • Incorporation EraWells incorporated during the 1920s and reported 475 residents and 20 businesses in 1936.
  • Principal IndustriesFarming, cattle ranching, and lumber have served as the town's principal industries.

Find your street

Names on the Wells 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 roads46

  • Rusk Avenue
  • Rusk Street
  • Mitchell Street
  • Alto Homer Road
  • East First Street
  • Creek 2750
  • West Fourth Street
  • Manor Loop
  • Lillian Street
  • May Street
  • Cr 1247
  • FM 1247 West
  • Creek 2734
  • West Sixth Street
  • East Frank Edge Road
  • Forest Road
  • Warner Road
  • Chapman Road
  • Henson Road
  • Homer Avenue
  • Preston Road
  • East Sixth Street
  • Warren Road
  • Bonita Street
  • Homer Road
  • Wright Patman Drive
  • South Second Street
  • West First Street
  • Fifth Street
  • West Frank Edge Road
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  • East Greenville Street
  • East Oldham
  • West Oldham
  • East Fourth Street
  • Booker Street
  • East Second Street
  • Seventh Street
  • Gillian Road
  • Third Street
  • East Fifth Street
  • Julian Street
  • Second Street
  • Creek 2743
  • East Third Street
  • White Road
  • West Fifth 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

    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.

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