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2020 Map of Maringouin

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Bayou Grosse Tete defines the eastern edge of this landscape, its banks hosting a concentrated string of settlements and cemeteries at the edge of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway. The town of Maringouin serves as a primary hub, surrounded by a dense network of burial grounds including Saint Stephens Episcopal Cem, Immaculate Heart of Mary Cem, and the Greater Bethany Baptist Cem. This area of Iberville and Pointe Coupee parishes is marked by the transition from the structured drainage of the floodway to the settled corridors of Sparks, Musson, and Ramah.

The central and western portions of the map are dominated by the hydrologic complexity of the basin, featuring numerous waterways like Bayou Blue, Bayou Des Glaises, and Bayou Maringouin. These bayous weave around land features such as Tight Island and Big Island, illustrating the unique alluvial geography of southern Louisiana. Local history is deeply embedded in the landscape through family and community landmarks like Sweet Home and several rural churches and cemeteries, such as the Shiloh Church Cem and Rising Star Baptist Cem, which anchor the smaller settlements of the region.