1954 Map of Hornbeck

About this map

The Kansas City Southern railroad serves as the primary corridor through this section of Louisiana's timber country, passing through the town of Hornbeck. The landscape is a dense network of drainages including Bayoo Toro and West Anacoco Creek, where local landmarks like Monks Hammock and Devils Lake define the terrain. Evidence of the region's changing infrastructure is visible in the Dismantled railroad tracks that branch away from the main line, indicating former logging or transport routes that once pierced the deep pine forests. For family historians, the sheet is exceptionally detailed, locating several community centers such as New Pleasant View Church and Saint Lukes Cemetery. Small clusters of activity are noted at Chance and near scattered Oil tanks, showing a rural economy reliant on natural resources during the mid-1950s.