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1972 Map of Buckeye

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Buckeye
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Buckeye and Deville anchor the high ground in this 1970s survey of the Rapides Parish and Avoyelles Parish border. The landscape is a complex network of prairie and bottomland, dominated by the sprawling Big Island terrain and numerous watercourses like Big Creek and Horsepen creek. The presence of an Oil Field and a Drill Hole in the northeast corner points to the region's mid-century petroleum industry, while the density of family-named cemeteries such as Bradford Cem, Paul Cem, and Slocum Cem provides a deep record of rural settlement patterns.

Transportation and utility infrastructure are visible through a significant north-south Pipeline and a local Landing Strip. Religious life is well-documented with several small country churches, including New Hope Ch, Hillside Ch, and the World Harvest Tabernacle. This survey captures the transition between the agricultural open spaces of Long Prairie and the more industrial and residential clusters developing near North Point.