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1963 Map of Arnaudville

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Arnaudville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Arnaudville sits at the junction of Bayou Teche and Bayou Fusilier, serving as a central hub for the surrounding Acadiana landscape in the early 1960s. The map reveals a transition from the intensive agricultural activity along the bayous—marked by sites like La Bourgeois Plantation and Magenta Plantation—to the vast, aqueous environment of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway. The eastern portion of the sheet is dominated by the floodway's intricate network of waterways, including Bayou Fordoche and Lake Fordoche, which stand in stark contrast to the surveyed parish lines and road grids to the west.

Industrial development is evident through the numerous oil and gas fields, such as the Plumb Bob Oil and Gas Field and the Anse La Butte Oil and Gas Field. Communities such as Cecelia, Leonville, and Henderson are well-defined, while rural life is anchored by local landmarks like Ring Zion Ch. & Cem and the Cecelia Elem Sch. The presence of the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads underscores the importance of rail transport for moving local resources out of the basin during this era.