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1972 Map of Ball

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Ball
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Kisatchie National Forest dominates the northern landscape of this region, providing a wooded backdrop to the developing communities of Ball, Tioga, and Paradise in Rapides Parish. The map documents a significant era of suburban and industrial growth just north of the Alexandria area, where the Louisiana and Arkansas and Missouri Pacific railroads parallel the main transport corridors.

Social and civic life is anchored by numerous rural congregations such as Corinth Ch, Faith Ch, and Pilgrim Ch, alongside the Tioga High School and the sprawling Camp Beauregard military installation to the southeast. Water features like Kisatchie Lake and Flagon Bayou define the local drainage, while the presence of the Pollock Municipal Airport and the State Industrial Sch highlights the diverse land use in this transitional zone between the pine forests and the parish’s growing residential hubs.