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1963 Map of Denham Springs

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Denham Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Amite River and Bayou Manchac define the watery geography of this mid-century landscape where Livingston, East Baton Rouge, and Ascension parishes converge. The 1960s era documented here shows a transition between the established railroad towns of Denham Springs and Walker along the Illinois Central Railroad and the more remote bayou settlements to the south.

Genealogists and local historians can find a wealth of community markers, from the Galvez Ch Cem and Palmetto Cem to the numerous rural schools like 7th Ward Sch and Frost Sch. The southern reaches of the map highlight the river-oriented life at Port Vincent, French Settlement, and the Head of Navigation, where complex waterways like Bayou Barbary and Colyell Creek intersect before reaching the Lake Villars wetlands.