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1941 Map of Jena

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Jena
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Jena stands at the center of this 1941 landscape, a crucial hub where the Louisiana & Arkansas RR connects timber and commerce across La Salle Parish. The settlement pattern reflects a deeply rooted community, with small clusters like Trout, Good Pine, and Midway lining the transit corridor. To the south, the terrain descends from the higher ground of the escarpment into the expansive wetlands of the Alluvial Valley, dominated by the massive reach of Catahoula Lake.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific landmarks, from the Fellowship Ch and Belah Ch to numerous rural schoolhouses such as Nebo Sch and Magnolia Sch. The mapping by the War Department and Corps of Engineers captures a complex hydrologic network where Little River and French Fork meander through bottomlands. This survey preserves the exact location of family-centered landmarks like Gray Sch and Searcy before modern development altered these rural districts.