Mansfield serves as the central hub of this DeSoto Parish landscape, showing a dense grid of streets and residential clusters like Willow Glen and Wildwood. The settlement pattern extends southward to South Mansfield and Oak Hill, where the terrain begins to transition into the drainage basins of Chatman Bayou and Bayou San Patricio. For genealogists, the map is a significant record of local burials, noting the locations of Saint Elizabeth Cem, Flores Cem, Creswell Cem, and the Allen Cem near Allen Cemetery Rd. The surrounding countryside is defined by a complex network of waterways, including the winding Siphorien Bayou and Bayou Na Bonchasse, which feed into larger ponds such as Nabors Pond and Frost Pond. Smaller communities like Carmel and New Rockdale anchor the eastern portions of the quadrangle, connected by rural routes such as Cotton Belt Rd.
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1941 · Pelican
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Pleasant Hill
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Logansport
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Pleasant Hill
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1945 · Grand Cane
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1945 · Mansfield
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1947 · Mansfield
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Alexandria
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Shreveport
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Alexandria
USGS Topo · 1:250,000