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1971 Map of Hickory

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Hickory
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

The lowlands of St. Tammany Parish are defined by the winding course of the Pearl River and the complex hydrology of the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge. In the early 1970s, this landscape was a mix of dense wetlands and emerging settlements like Hickory and Florenville. The mapping details several family-named landmarks and rural gathering places, including Evans Creek Ch and Charter Oak Missionary Ch, which served the scattered communities near the Mississippi border.

Industrial and navigational infrastructure is evident along the waterways, notably at Lock No 1 and the various sand and gravel operations near the riverbanks. The interior is marked by the Hickory Lookout Tower and numerous small family burial grounds such as Smith Cem and Moran Cem. These features, alongside the network of sloughs like Maple Slough and Ernest Slough, reveal a region where the timber and river economy dictated the pattern of human residency.