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1963 Map of Jeanerette

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Jeanerette
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Bayou Teche defines the economic and geographic spine of this South Louisiana landscape, its banks crowded with settlements like Jeanerette, Loisel, and Hubertville. The map illustrates a meticulously organized sugar country, where the land is divided into narrow long-lot tracts reaching back from the bayou toward the vast marshes of Lake Fausse Pointe. Parallel rail lines of the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific trace the high ground alongside the water, serving the agricultural and industrial needs of the region.

Evidence of the mid-century energy boom appears in the Iberia Oil and Gas Field to the northwest. For genealogists and local historians, the map is a dense record of community life, locating numerous family and parish landmarks such as St Johns Ch, Boynton Cem, and Robie Sch. The intricate network of drainage features, including the Sandager Canal and Delahoussaye Canal, reveals the ongoing effort to manage the low-lying terrain for production.