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1969 Map of Fordoche

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Fordoche
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Bayou Grosse Tete meanders through the heart of this Pointe Coupee Parish landscape, serving as a geographic anchor for the settlements of Livonia, Valverda, and Frogmore. This late 1960s environment is defined by a dense network of water and industry, where the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway and its Protection Levee dominate the southwestern corner. The map documents an era of significant petroleum extraction, evidenced by the extensive Fordoche Oil Field and Grosse Tete Oil Field, crisscrossed by numerous pipelines.

Transportation and community life are well-preserved in the record of the Texas and Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads. Local genealogists will find value in the specific locations of several landmarks, including False River Cem, Bailey Cem, and the Sunlight Ch Cem. The presence of an Indian Mound near Livonia and the Valverda Sch further illustrates the layered human history of the region between Bayou Fordoche and Bayou Blue.