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1963 Map of Houma

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Houma
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Houma centers this Louisiana bayou landscape, revealing a dense network of waterways and early industrial development in Terrebonne Parish. The central city is defined by its position along the Bayou Black and Bayou La Carpe, while the heavy extraction economy of the mid-20th century is evident in the Hollywood Gas Field to the northwest. The map documents significant transportation infrastructure, including the Southern Pacific railroad and the engineered Houma Navigation Canal, which cut through the wetlands to facilitate regional maritime trade.

Surrounding the urban core, smaller communities like Mulberry, Ashland, and Woodlawn are marked by their respective local institutions. Researchers will find several family-named and community landmarks, such as the Crozier Cem and Jerusalem Ch, alongside evidence of state-level research at the Agricultural Experiment Station. The map also captures the transition from residential areas to the marshlands of the south, where numerous canals like the Bonvillain Canal and Duplantis Canal crisscross the terrain.