1955 Map of Chicot Lake
USGS Topo · Published 1955About this map
The Atchafalaya Basin Floodway dominates this mid-century landscape, revealing a complex network of bayous and wetlands at the intersection of Iberville, St. Martin, and Iberia Parishes. The survey captures the industrial and community life of the swamp, marked by the Chicot Lake Oil Field and Bayou Pigeon Oil Field. Settlement is concentrated along the waterways, where sites like Jack Miller Store and St Ann Church served residents living deep within the basin. The infrastructure of the era is evident in the Bayou Sorrel Lock and the numerous logging canals that cut through Big Island and the surrounding timberland. This document reflects a transitional period when river-based life and the burgeoning oil industry coexisted, with the Texas and Pacific RR skirting the northeastern edge near Crescent. From the Bayou Sorrel Baptist Hospital to the Bayou Pigeon Sch, the map provides a unique look at the social and economic nodes of this remote region before modern drainage and flood control projects further altered the basin's topography.
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Editions of this 1955 Chicot Lake Map
This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.
Historical Maps of Bayou Sorrel Through Time
47 maps found
1935 Chicot Lake
Iberville Parish, LA
1935 Osca Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
1953 Cow Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
1953 Grosse Tete SW
Iberville Parish, LA
1953 Pigeon Bay
Iberville Parish, LA
1954 Chicot Lake
Iberville Parish, LA
1955 Chicot Lake
Iberville Parish, LA
1955 Osca Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
1959 Lake Chicot
Iberville Parish, LA
1969 Bayou Sorrel
Iberville Parish, LA
1969 Cow Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
1969 Grand River
Iberville Parish, LA
1974 Lone Star
Iberville Parish, LA
1992 Bayou Sorrel
Iberville Parish, LA
1992 Cow Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
1992 Grand River
Iberville Parish, LA
1992 Grosse Tete SW
Iberville Parish, LA
2012 Bayou Sorrel
Iberville Parish, LA
2012 Cow Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
2012 Grand River
Iberville Parish, LA
2012 Grosse Tete SW
Iberville Parish, LA
2012 Lone Star
Iberville Parish, LA
2012 Saint Gabriel
Iberville Parish, LA
2015 Bayou Sorrel
Iberville Parish, LA
2015 Cow Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
2015 Grand River
Iberville Parish, LA
2015 Grosse Tete SW
Iberville Parish, LA
2015 Lone Star
Iberville Parish, LA
2015 Saint Gabriel
Iberville Parish, LA
2018 Bayou Sorrel
Iberville Parish, LA
2018 Cow Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
2018 Grand River
Iberville Parish, LA
2018 Grosse Tete SW
Iberville Parish, LA
2018 Lone Star
Iberville Parish, LA
2018 Saint Gabriel
Iberville Parish, LA
2020 Bayou Sorrel
Iberville Parish, LA
2020 Cow Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
2020 Grand River
Iberville Parish, LA
2020 Grosse Tete SW
Iberville Parish, LA
2020 Lone Star
Iberville Parish, LA
2020 Saint Gabriel
Iberville Parish, LA
2024 Bayou Sorrel
Iberville Parish, LA
2024 Cow Bayou
Iberville Parish, LA
2024 Grand River
Iberville Parish, LA
2024 Grosse Tete SW
Iberville Parish, LA
2024 Lone Star
Iberville Parish, LA
2024 Saint Gabriel
Iberville Parish, LA