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1948 Map of Leesville

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Leesville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Leesville serves as the central hub of Vernon Parish in this post-war survey, positioned just west of the Camp Polk Military Reservation. The town's layout is clearly defined alongside the Kansas City Southern Railway, which also connects smaller communities like Pickering and Anacoco. To the west, the landscape is defined by the winding course of Bayou Anacoco and Anacoco Creek, where numerous small rural congregations and cemeteries, such as Beech Grove Ch Cem and Milford Ch, dot the timbered terrain.

Evidence of local industry and social development appears in landmarks like the Sewage Disposal Plant and the Pickering Sch. Near the western edge, Burr Ferry and its associated Burr Ferry Cem mark an older point of river-based transit. The map captures a moment when the region's economy was tied to both the railway and the nearby military presence, while still maintaining its network of family-named creeks like Yellow Creek and Rocky Creek.