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1964 Map of Golden Meadow

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Golden Meadow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Bayou Lafourche serves as the central spine of this 1960s coastal landscape, anchoring a dense ribbon of settlement that stretches from Belle Amie down through Galliano to Golden Meadow. This linear development pattern, characteristic of South Louisiana's chenier and levee topography, contrasts sharply with the surrounding wetlands. The map documents an economy heavily reliant on petroleum extraction and water management, evidenced by the extensive Golden Meadow Oil and Gas Field and the Bully Camp Oil and Gas Field.

Genealogists will find significant local detail in the numerous family-named burial sites, including Cheramie Cem, Hebert Cem, and Pitre Cem. The transition from the settled bayou banks to the open waters of Catfish Lake and the complex network of surrounding waterways like Bayou Monnaie and Bayou Raphael highlights the precarious balance of life in Lafourche Parish before the acceleration of modern coastal erosion.