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2020 Map of Loreauville

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Loreauville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Bayou Teche defines the western edge of this landscape, anchoring a series of communities that stretch from Loreauville south through Tony, Vida, and Belle Place. The settlement pattern here follows the natural levees and historical parish boundaries, where the agricultural lands of Iberia Parish transition into the expansive wetlands of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway. Numerous local cemeteries, including Saint-Joseph Catholic Cem and Mount Zion Number 1 Baptist Cem, provide valuable landmarks for genealogists tracing families in this part of Acadiana.

Water management is central to the area's geography, evidenced by the Loreauville Canal and Gonsoulin Canal which drain the lowlands toward Lake Fausse Pointe. To the east, the terrain dissolves into the marshy reaches of Bayou Coly and Sampsons Cove. The map also captures several smaller settlements such as Walet, Bronson, and Mestayer, reflecting the dense rural development typical of the region's historic land divisions.