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1952 Map of Doddridge SE

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Doddridge SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Red River carves a winding path through the borderlands of Arkansas and Louisiana in the early 1950s, defining a landscape shaped by oxbow lakes and alluvial plains. This survey documents a rural riverine economy still reliant on traditional crossings, notably at Spring Bank Ferry and Missionary Ferry. The terrain is a complex network of bayous and former river channels, including Old Channel McKinney Bayou, Stillhouse Bayou, and the crescent-shaped Palmer Lake.

Social life in this period centered around dispersed community landmarks such as Kiblah Sch and numerous country churches like Promised Land Ch and New Bethel Ch. The map also captures the precise intersection of several political boundaries, where Lafayette Co and Miller Co meet the northern parishes of Louisiana. Small settlements like Pleasant Valley and Canale are visible alongside family-named sites such as Blanton Cem, providing essential data for those tracing local genealogy or land use before later twentieth-century developments.