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1987 Map of Dunn

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Dunn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Big Creek and its many meandering tributaries, including Wildcat Slough and Ash Slough, define the low-lying landscape of the Richland Parish and Franklin Parish border. In the late 1980s, the local economy appears rooted in petroleum extraction, evidenced by the extensive Oil Field operations scattered across the central and southern portions of the sheet. Small communities and rail-side locales like Dunn, Sacksonia, and Sun Spur line the corridor running toward Delhi.

Industry and infrastructure are further marked by a Pumping Station, several Radio Towers, and a private Landing Strip. The network of sloughs, such as Glade Slough and Muddy Slough, suggests a complex drainage system characteristic of this portion of Louisiana's alluvial plains. Local genealogy is supported by the presence of a rural Cem near Holly Ridge, serving the families of these dispersed farming and industrial settlements.