1965 Map of Laurel Hill

About this map

Woodlawn Plantation and Laurel Hill Plantation sit north of the small community of Laurel Hill, marking a landscape in West Feliciana Parish where the agricultural past meets the mid-century infrastructure of the Illinois Central railroad. The terrain is defined by the branching waterways of Thompson Creek, including its West Fork and Middle Fork, which carve through the wooded hills. Genealogists will find a high density of family-named burial sites such as Richardson Cem, McCausland Cem, and Spillman Cem, alongside localized community centers like the Polk-Rosenwald Sch and several country churches including St Mary Ch and New Hope Ch. The southern portion of the map is anchored by the settlement of Wakefield, where numerous gravel pits suggest a shift toward industrial resource extraction during the 1960s.