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1953 Map of Addis

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Addis
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

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Bayou Grosse Tete and the Intracoastal Waterway define the water-bound landscape of this area on the border of West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes. The survey captures a transition in the mid-20th century, where traditional agriculture at Myrtle Grove Plantation and Enterprise Plantation sits alongside the rising infrastructure of the Texas and Pacific railroad and emerging industrial sites like Oil Tanks and Oil Wells.

Genealogists and local historians can trace the social fabric of the era through several rural institutions, including the Grosse Tete Bay Sch, Island Sch, and Little Zion Ch. The settlement of Addis serves as a primary hub, while smaller locales like Chenango, Mark, and the aptly named Indian Village along the Plaquemine Bayou reveal the distribution of residents across the lowlands and bayous of southern Louisiana.