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1949 Map of Angie

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Angie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The Pearl River forms the winding eastern boundary of this Washington Parish landscape, creating a complex network of oxbow lakes including Hunts Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and Smith Lake. Settlement is concentrated along the north-south corridor of the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad, where the towns of Angie and Varnado serve as local hubs for the surrounding timber and agricultural lands. The interior is dotted with numerous family-named landmarks and essential community institutions, such as Wesley Ray High Sch, Live Oak Sch, and Pilgrims Rest Ch.

Evidence of the area's social geography is found in the many small burial grounds like Live Oak Cem and Fornea Cem that pepper the woodland. Near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line, the Angie Fire Tower stands as a sentinel over the forest. The drainage patterns of the Pushpatapa Creek and Foster Creek systems illustrate the transition from the upland piney woods to the riverine wetlands of the Pearl valley.