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1947 Map of Elton

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Elton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

The town of Elton serves as the primary hub of this 1947 agricultural landscape, situated along the Missouri Pacific (New Orleans Texas and Mexico) railroad. The mapping reflects a transition between several administrative districts, showing the intersection of the Allen-Jefferson Davis Parish line with Evangeline Parish and Acadia Parish. This grid-heavy terrain is defined by its rural infrastructure, including localized educational centers like Sand Hill Sch and Liberty Sch that served the surrounding farmstead families.

Waterways like Bayou Nezpique and Bayou Grand Marais cut across the surveyed land lines, which were adjusted from General Land Office records. To the south, the settlement of China and the nearby China Cem provide critical points of interest for genealogists tracing early twentieth-century residents. The presence of U S Highway No 190 alongside the rail corridor illustrates the era's primary transportation backbone connecting the small community of Wilburton to the larger region.