1940 Map of Allemands
USGS Topo · Published 1940About this map
The Southern Pacific railroad corridor anchors this 1938 survey of the marshy transition between St. Charles Parish and Lafourche Parish. Centered on the settlement at Des Allemands Sta, the landscape reveals a rigid system of reclaimed land evidenced by dozens of numbered drainage canals, such as Canal No 24 and Canal No 13, which cut through the cypress swamps to reach Lac des Allemands. Local life is concentrated near the rail line and the St. Charles Sch, while the surrounding waterways like Bayou des Allemands and Bayou Grand Crocodile follow their natural, meandering courses. This interaction between the geometric canal grid and the organic bayous illustrates the early 20th-century efforts to manage the wet Louisiana terrain for transport and settlement.
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Editions of this 1940 Allemands Map
2 editions found
Historical Maps of Green Acres Through Time
32 maps found
1932 Hahnville NE
St. Charles Parish, LA
1932 Hahnville NW
St. Charles Parish, LA
1932 Hahnville SW
St. Charles Parish, LA
1932 New Orleans SW
St. Charles Parish, LA
1938 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
1940 Allemands
St. Charles Parish, LA
1942 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
1942 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
1952 Allemands
St. Charles Parish, LA
1952 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
1952 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
1952 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
1966 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
1967 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
1967 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
1992 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
1999 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2012 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2012 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2012 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
2015 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2015 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2015 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
2018 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2018 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2018 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
2020 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2020 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2020 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
2024 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2024 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2024 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA