1983 Map of Mamou

About this map

Mamou serves as the cultural hub of this prairie landscape, with the town's street grid surrounding City Hall, a High Sch, and the Savoy Hosp. The surrounding countryside is defined by the energy industry and a network of bayous, where the Pine Prairie Oil and Gas Field and Reddell Oil and Gas Field reveal the importance of mineral extraction to the local economy in the early 1980s. Waterways like Bayou Nezpique and Grand Louis Bayou meander through the flatlands, punctuated by small settlements like Reddell, Vidrine, and Easton. For genealogists, the map is particularly dense with family-named burial sites, including Ardoin Cem, Pinseclair Cem, and Platin Cem, alongside religious landmarks such as St Teresa Ch. This survey documents a transition in land use, where traditional agricultural bayou drainage meets modern infrastructure like the Mamou Municipal Airport.