
The town of Addis stands at a pivotal junction of water and road transport where the West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parish lines meet. This landscape is defined by its complex drainage and navigation network, anchored by the Port Allen Canal and the Intracoastal Waterway. These modern engineering feats intersect older natural watercourses like Bayou Bourbeaux and Bayou Grosse Tete, illustrating the region's evolution from a river-dependent agricultural area into a strategic corridor for maritime commerce. In the south, the city of Plaquemine and Myrtle Grove Plantation show the transition from historic landholdings to contemporary residential and industrial patterns.
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1908 · Baton Rouge
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1935 · Chicot Lake
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1936 · White Castle
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Baton Rouge
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · Grosse Tete
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Baton Rouge West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Crescent
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Plaquemine
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Lobdell
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Pigeon Bay
USGS Topo · 1:24,000