1981 Map of El Dorado West

About this map

El Dorado stands as a significant industrial and educational hub in South Arkansas, dominated by the sprawling infrastructure of the South El Dorado Oil Field and the Nick Springs Oil Field. The landscape is a dense network of petroleum production, featuring a massive Tank Farm, a Refinery, and a complex web of pipelines. This industrial footprint is balanced by institutional growth, notably the Southern Arkansas Univ (El Dorado Branch) and the South Arkansas Arboretum (West High Sch). Away from the city center, the terrain transitions into the wetlands of Bayou de Loutre, where numerous small churches and cemeteries like Old Parkers Chapel Cem and Hickory Grove Chapel suggest older patterns of rural settlement. The presence of the Downtown Airport and several local schools like Hugh Goodwin Sch underscores the area's mid-century modernization.