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1941 Map of Honey Island

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Honey Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Pearl River and the complex wetlands of the Louisiana-Mississippi border define this 1939 field examination. The landscape is a dense network of waterways, where the Old West River and Old East Pearl River diverge amidst a labyrinth of bayous named for local families and wildlife, such as Seaburn House Bayou and Gobbler Bayou. The Southern railroad cuts a straight line through the swamp, serving stops at Benton and Murree Siding before crossing toward Nicholson.

Evidence of early 20th-century habitation is concentrated near the settlement of Pearl River in the southwest and at the small landing of Honey Island. Away from the rail corridor and Highway No 11, the terrain is dominated by cypress-tupelo bottomlands and isolated lakes like Bilbo Lake and Stockstill Lake. This map captures the intricate drainage patterns of the lower Pearl basin before significant modern hydrological modifications, documenting a river-and-rail economy dependent on the deep sloughs and bayous of St. Tammany Parish.