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1962 Map of Labadieville

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Labadieville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Bayou Lafourche anchors this mid-century landscape, carving a path through the heart of the sugar belt where agricultural and industrial legacies converge. The settlement of Labadieville sits at the center of a dense network of plantation tracts, including Cedar Grove Plantation, Dixie Plantation, and St Rose Plantation. These estates, marked by their characteristic long-lot boundaries, transition from the high ground of the levee into the low-lying backswamps of the Chagahoula Canal and Bayou Boudreaux.

Transport and industry are well-defined by the parallel routes of the Southern Pacific and Texas and Pacific railroads, which served both the sugarcane harvest and the emerging petroleum sector. The southern reach of the map reveals the Chagahoula Oil and Gas Field, highlighting the shift in land use as oil wells began to dot the traditional Brule terrain. Local life is noted through smaller communities like Freetown and schools such as New Belmont Sch and the L T Sch.