1958 Map of Felixville

About this map

The Amite River meanders south through this borderland between Louisiana and Mississippi, creating a landscape defined by its complex drainage network of creeks and bayous. In East Feliciana Parish, the settlement pattern reveals a series of small, rural communities such as Woodland and Felixville (PO) that emerged along the high ground between watercourses like Spring Creek and Clear Creek. The density of community institutions, from the Eighth Ward Sch and Day Sch to numerous houses of worship like Beech Grove Ch and Union Ch, points to a long-established social fabric in this timbered and agricultural region.