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1963 Map of Jeanerette

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Jeanerette
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

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Bayou Teche defines the social and industrial spine of this landscape, its banks lined with the primary settlements of Jeanerette and Baldwin. The mid-century sugar economy and river-based heritage are visible in the many named holdings such as Kilgore Plantation and Bodin Plantation. These agricultural stretches are punctuated by small community anchors like St Peters Ch and Frances Boley Sch, alongside several family and church cemeteries like Bayside Cem and Mt Carmel Ch Cem.

Away from the central bayou, the terrain shifts toward the expansive Lake Fausse Pointe and the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway, where Bayou Jean Louis and Big Pass weave through the marsh. The era's industrial footprint is clearly marked by the Iberia Oil and Gas Field and the presence of the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods through this productive region of the Acadiana coast.