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1958 Map of Felixville

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Felixville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The borderlands of Amite County and St. Helena Parish are defined by a complex network of creeks and bayous in this mid-century survey. Settlement patterns are concentrated around rural post offices and crossroads like Felixville and Woodland. The landscape is heavily wooded, punctuated by timber-related sites like Planer Mills and the Canton Lookout Tower.

Genealogists will find a high density of country churches and family-named cemeteries, including the Pipkin Chapel Cem, De Armond Cem, and Kent Cem. Education in this era was localized at sites like Sunflower Sch and Kidds Sch. The drainage of the land is meticulously mapped, following the course of Darling Creek and McQuinney Bayou, showing the transition from the rolling hills of Mississippi into the flatter bayou country of Louisiana.