Tyler County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: Deed Vols. 202-204 Plat Primary Recorder Entry: Tyler County Deed Records Vol. 202, Page 8 (1963-02-27) & Vol. 203, Page 251 (1963-05-02)
Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) Est. 1962-1968 Platting Era · TX Ref Deed Vols. 202-204 Plat · Tyler County Land Archive

Tyler County Lake Subdivision & Plat Broadsheet · Tyler County (TX)

How Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Tyler County.

Organized by Timberlakes Development Company (Original Subdivider & Grantor) (1962-1968 Platting Era), Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) assembled and subdivided tracts across Tyler County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Tyler County Deed Records Vol. 202, Page 8 (1963-02-27) & Vol. 203, Page 251 (1963-05-02). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1962-1968 Platting Era
County Seat & Archive
Tyler County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Tyler County Deed Records Vol. 202, Page 8 (1963-02-27) & Vol. 203, Page 251 (1963-05-02)
Historical Newspaper Archive Inspect Historical Newspaper Clippings → View archival Texas newspaper press pages documenting Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County). County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
Tyler County Historical Press Archive

Historical Newspaper & Archival Press Facsimiles for Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County)

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) in Tyler County (TX).

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1153090

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 173, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1984

Archival Texas newspaper edition (The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 173, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1984) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1153090), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Tyler County corridor.

Chronicle of Tyler County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County)

Compiled from official county recorder grantor/grantee ledgers, historic surveyor map books, and corporate charter records, this archive documents the early land assembly, townlot and acreage subdivisions, right-of-way corridors, and underground reservations recorded by the company during its active operating era.

  1. 1962-1968 Platting Era TX Charter · Deed Vols. 202-204 Plat

    I. Founding & Land Assembly by Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County)

    Organized by Timberlakes Development Company (Original Subdivider & Grantor) (1962-1968 Platting Era), Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) assembled parent acreage, survey tracts, and rights-of-way across Tyler County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Tyler County Deed Records Vol. 202, Page 8 (1963-02-27) & Vol. 203, Page 251 (1963-05-02).

    Primary lands surveyed and indexed to the company include Lake Ivanhoe Sections 3 & 4 and Highway 190/69 Utility Corridors (206+ Recorded Instruments in Vols. 202-204), laid out for regional townsite, agricultural, lakeside, or oil and gas development.

  2. Subdivision & Conveyance Era Tyler County Deed Records · Tyler County Deed Records Vol. 202, Page 8 (1963-02-27) & Vol. 203, Page 251 (1963-05-02)

    II. Out-Conveyances, Plats & Recorded Deed Reservations

    As Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) platted and conveyed individual lots, farm tracts, and rights-of-way out of its parent holdings in Tyler County, deeds recorded in the county clerk's office included written reservations and exceptions: Explicit Right-of-Way and utility conduit easements in gross (Vol. 202, Page 8) plus 10-ft perimeter utility/drainage strips across hundreds of subdivision lots.

    Under TX property law, severed mineral estates, royalty interests, road strips, and easements created by written deed reservation remain in the chain of title long after the original land company finishes selling its surface lots.

  3. Present Day Tyler County Archival & Surveyor Cross-Reference

    III. Modern Map, Title & Mineral Record Legacy

    Today, when historians, landowners, surveyors, title examiners, or oil and gas landmen review tracts within Lake Ivanhoe Sections 3 & 4 and Highway 190/69 Utility Corridors (206+ Recorded Instruments in Vols. 202-204), the historical deeds and plats of Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) serve as key reference points in the Tyler County records.

    This broadsheet indexes the recorded instruments of Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) so researchers and land professionals can inspect Volume and Page citations, examine the recorded plats and deeds, and contact the archive desk.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Tyler County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County).

Historical cross-reference of Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Tyler County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Timberlakes Development Company Tyler County Deed Records (Prior to Tyler County Deed Records Vol. 202, Page 8 (1963-02-27) & Vol. 203, Page 251 (1963-05-02)) Prior Survey Owners -> Timberlakes Development Company (Lake Ivanhoe Sections 3 & 4 and Highway 190/69 Utility Corridors (206+ Recorded Instruments in Vols. 202-204)) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Timberlakes Development Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
Master Right-of-Way & Utility Corridor Instrument Deed Records Vol. 202, Page 8 (1963-02-27) Timberlakes Development Company -> Utility / Corridor Grantee (Tyler County, TX) Verified in Enverus Historical Plant Index (206 recorded instruments). Deed Records
Lake Ivanhoe Sections 3 & 4 Conveyance Series Deed Records Vol. 203, Page 251 (1963-05-02) & Vol. 204, Pages 579-590 (1963-07-15) Timberlakes Development Company -> James F. Graham, Norma B. Walker, et al. Verified in Enverus Enhanced Clerk Index (Record IDs 0c383336, 380cc8db, 38342dd5, 3e110e41). Deed Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

Why the Tyler County Land Records Look the Way They Do Today

Every old subdivision map and deed book in Tyler County is a record of early surveying, local development, and state property law.

Regional Land History · Surveying & Settlement

How Early Corporate Groups Shaped the Modern Map

From the 1890s through the 1970s, state-chartered townsite, colonization, irrigation, railway, and subdivision corporations laid out the road alignments, utility corridors, and tract boundaries that define the county today. When conveying individual lots or farm parcels, these corporations often reserved road strips, pipeline and utility rights-of-way in gross, or underground mineral estates.

“Long after a nineteenth- or mid-twentieth-century land corporation winds down its sales office, its recorded survey lines and deed reservations remain permanently etched in the county land records.”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Lake Ivanhoe Sections 3 & 4 and Highway 190/69 Utility Corridors (206+ Recorded Instruments in Vols. 202-204)
Archival Deed & Map Notes · Chain of Title

Why Historical Corporate Reservations Endure in County Records

Under property and title law, a severed mineral estate, royalty interest, fee strip, or easement in gross created by express reservation in a recorded deed does not vanish when the corporate grantor later becomes inactive or dissolves. Instead, those rights pass by statute to the corporation's lawful successors or statutory trustees.

“Every Volume-and-Page citation in the county clerk's vault is a permanent public record.”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • Explicit Right-of-Way and utility conduit easements in gross (Vol. 202, Page 8) plus 10-ft perimeter utility/drainage strips across hundreds of subdivision lots
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Corporate Archive & Land Records Inquiry

Submit the Instrument Book and Page, Survey, or Parcel Number for Chain-of-Title and Corporate Records Verification.

This broadsheet is maintained as an Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index preserving the surveying, agricultural, mineral, and corporate history of Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) (TX Ref: Deed Vols. 202-204 Plat) in Tyler County.

Whether you are a local historian, a landowner researching the history of your tract or subdivision, a surveyor examining historical map books, or a landman, division order analyst, or title examiner with a question regarding historical corporate records, leases, or deeds, use the form here to reach the archive desk.

Archival Reference Citation:
Entity: Lake Ivanhoe Subdivision Sections 3 & 4 (Tyler County) (Est. 1962-1968 Platting Era · TX Ref Deed Vols. 202-204 Plat)
Primary County Record: Tyler County Deed Records Vol. 202, Page 8 (1963-02-27) & Vol. 203, Page 251 (1963-05-02) (Tyler County, TX)

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