2012 Map of Buckeye

About this map

Big Island Oil Field sits at the heart of this landscape, marking the industrial footprint on a terrain defined by bayous and prairies. The map records a rural network where small settlements like Buckeye and Deville are connected by roads named for local families, such as Saint Clair Ryder Rd and Elmus Paul Rd. The drainage patterns of Slash Bayou and Big Cr weave through distinctive clearings like Vasher Prairie and Little Prairie, showing the unique Louisiana interplay between marshy lowlands and slightly elevated plains. For genealogists, the density of family burial grounds is remarkable, with sites like Newell Cem, Hopewell Cem, and Bradford Cem scattered across the quadrangle, preserving the names of the generations who settled this part of Avoyelles Parish.