2015 Map of Madewood

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Bayou Lafourche anchors the western edge of this 2015 study, serving as the historical spine for a string of riverfront settlements. Small communities including Madewood, Bertie, and Rosedale are clustered tightly along the waterway and its parallel corridors, La-308 and Madewood Rd. This linear development pattern reflects the enduring importance of the bayou in shaping land use and habitation in this part of Assumption Parish. To the east, the landscape transitions into a vast network of drainage features and swampy lowlands, defined by Bayou Verret and engineered waterways like Baker Canal North and Baker Canal East. The interior is also marked by large-scale agricultural or industrial parcels, notably near the Cedar Grove Plantation Pond, which underscores the historic plantation-to-production economy of the region.