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1956 Map of De Quincy

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of De Quincy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

The railroad junction at De Quincy defines the landscape of Calcasieu Parish in the mid-1950s, where the Kansas City Southern and Missouri Pacific lines converge. This center of transit is flanked by the Louisiana Correctional Institute to the north and a developing industrial perimeter of energy extraction. The local economy is visibly rooted in the Perkins Oil and Gas Field and the North De Quincy Oil Field, marked by numerous well sites and storage facilities like the Oil Tank located near the town center.

Rural life persists around the industrial core, with established community anchors such as Hargrove Ch and New Hope Ch. Smaller settlements like Hargrove, Helme, and Perkins are connected by a network of waterways including Beckwith Creek and Buxton Creek. Genealogists will find interest in the documented locations of the Humphries Cem and Rigmaiden Cem, providing a clear look at the settlement patterns of the era.