
Mamou stands as the primary hub in this Evangeline Parish landscape, where the rectilinear grid of Cajun country roads meets the winding courses of Grand Louis Bayou and the East Fork Bayou Nezpique. The map documents a deeply rooted agricultural and residential pattern, characterized by numerous family-named cemeteries such as Ardoin Cem, Perron Cem, and Ortego Cem. These small burial grounds are scattered among rural settlements like Reddell, Vidrine, and Easton, reflecting the lineage-based settlement history of the Prairie Mamou region.
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1935 · Beaver
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1935 · Turkey Creek
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1942 · Oakdale
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1947 · Ville Platte
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1947 · Fruge Lake
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1947 · Redland
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1947 · Chataignier
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1947 · Bond
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1949 · Turkey Creek
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1952 · Lake Charles
USGS Topo · 1:250,000