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1959 Map of Harrisonburg

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Harrisonburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Harrisonburg stands as the focal point of this late 1950s survey, situated along the western bank of the Ouachita River where the waterway snakes through a complex system of oxbows and islands. The landscape transitions sharply from the elevated, dissected terrain of the Dan Hills in the west to the low-lying alluvial plains of the Catahoula Parish and Franklin Parish border. This period captures the early industrial footprint of the Harrisonburg Oil Field and scattered Gravel Pit operations alongside older agrarian markers.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family-named landmarks and rural burial sites, including the McSween, Wyant, and Old Spring Ridge cemeteries. The map meticulously records the era's social infrastructure, from the Lookout Tower near Aimwell to country congregations like Ouachita and King churches. Local history is further evidenced by ancient Indian Mounds and the river-dependent life near Stafford Point and Duty.