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2020 Map of Centerville

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Centerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

The Bayou Teche defines the cultural and industrial alignment of this St. Mary Parish landscape, its winding course lined with a dense string of historic communities including Franklin, Garden City, Centerville, and Verdunville. This corridor represents the traditional heart of Louisiana's sugar country, where the relationship between the fertile natural levees and the surrounding wetlands is clear. The map documents several significant crossings such as the Sterling Bridge and Willow Street Bridge, as well as the Saint Mary Parish Courthouse at the seat of local government.

East of the bayou, the terrain transitions sharply into the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway, a massive hydrologic control area bounded by the W Atchafalaya Basin Spillway Levee. This wilderness area is marked by expansive water bodies like Sixmile Lake and specialized features like Cypress Pass and Cypress Island. Numerous family and community burial grounds, such as Israelite Cem, Oaklawn Cem, and Teche Gardens Cem, provide critical data points for genealogists tracing the many small settlements and estates that follow the bayou's curves.