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1965 Map of Laurel Hill

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Laurel Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Woodlawn Plantation and Laurel Hill Plantation anchor the landscape of West Feliciana Parish during this mid-1960s survey, illustrating the historical land-use patterns of the Louisiana-Mississippi borderlands. The corridor of the Illinois Central railroad runs north-south through Laurel Hill and Wakefield, serving as a primary transit artery alongside numerous gravel pits that hint at local extractive industry.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific identifiers, from the Polk-Rosenwald Sch to a dense concentration of rural houses of worship and burial grounds including St Johns Ch, Rosemound Ch, and the McCausland Cem. The drainage network is dominated by Thompson Creek and its many branches, such as Middle Fork Thompson Creek and West Fork Thompson Creek, which carve through the terrain near the state line boundary with Wilkinson Co.