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1971 Map of Hickory

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Hickory
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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Hickory and Florenville serve as central points in this St. Tammany Parish landscape, situated within a complex network of waterways and timberland. The eastern edge is dominated by the winding course of the West Pearl River and Pearl River, which creates a labyrinth of sloughs and bayous including Maple Slough and Indian Bayou. This era of the early 1970s shows a landscape still defined by its natural topography, though industrial influence is visible through a prominent Pipeline and the Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad corridor.

Local history is deeply embedded in the rural infrastructure, with numerous family-named burial grounds like Evans Creek Cem and Moran Cem dotting the countryside. Community life centered around local congregations such as Charter Oak Missionary Ch and Immanuel Ch. Of particular note is the Hickory Lookout Tower, standing as a sentinel over the surrounding pines, and the presence of a Flowing Well near Evans Creek, indicating the region's active hydrology during this period of field observation.