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1952 Map of Homer

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Homer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Homer Oil Field dominates the central geography of this Claiborne Parish survey, illustrating the petroleum industry's footprint between the towns of Homer and Haynesville. Industrial infrastructure is everywhere apparent, from Oil Tanks and a Tank Farm near the railroad to the various wells scattered across the landscape. The Louisiana and North West RR provides the primary transit spine, connecting settlements like Millerton and Norton Corner.

Family history is preserved through a dense network of country institutions, including the Ward Chapel Sch and Saints Rest Sch, alongside numerous burial grounds such as the Old Haynesville Cem and Arlington Cem. Natural features such as the Middle Fork Bayou D'Arbonne and Black Lake Bayou drain the region, while the emergence of Lake Claiborne in the southeast reflects later mid-century landscape changes. From the Blackburn Lookout Tower to the Golf Course at the edge of town, the map captures a period of industrial maturity and rural community life.