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1954 Map of Jackson

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Jackson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

East Louisiana State Hospital grounds dominate the central landscape of this mid-century survey, surrounded by several outlying hospital colonies including Colony No 1 and Colony No 6. The town of Jackson sits just north of these facilities, positioned east of the winding Thompson Creek and its many tributaries like Cooks Branch. The terrain is marked by numerous family-named cemeteries and rural churches, such as Mt Gideon Ch and New Zion Ch, which dot the parish landscape.

Transportation in the eastern portion of the quadrangle centers on the Illinois Central railroad line, which connects the communities of Gurley, McManus, and Ethel. The eastern boundary is defined by the St Helena Meridian, while the western edge follows the parish line between East and West Feliciana. This mapping captures a specific social landscape where large institutional land use, small rail settlements, and traditional church communities intersected before late-20th-century development altered the rural character of the region.