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1932 Map of Lake Charles SW

Name: 1932 Topographic Map of Lake Charles SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

The boundary between Calcasieu Parish and Cameron Parish divides this low-lying landscape, where early 20th-century water management and transportation networks intersect. The Intracoastal Waterway cuts through the marshy terrain of the southern portion of the quadrangle, which is dominated by the meandering course of Black Bayou. These wetlands transition northward into organized sections of farmland and prairie, served by a grid of early roads like State Highway No 389.

Local life is anchored by a handful of rural institutions, such as the Grand Lake Sch near the marsh edge and the Prairieland Community Ch further north. This 1932 survey, produced with early aerial photography from the U.S. Army Air Corps, captures the era's emerging infrastructure, including Coulee Polete and several state highway routes that would come to define regional movement in the Calcasieu area.