1957 Map of Monroe South

About this map

The Ouachita River serves as the central artery for this mid-century look at the Twin Cities, where the industrial and municipal growth of Monroe and West Monroe is recorded during a period of urban expansion. Purple photorevisions from 1969 and 1975 highlight the outward push of neighborhoods and schools, such as Terzia High Sch and Swayze Sch, into the surrounding lowlands. Beyond the city limits, the landscape is defined by a dense network of bayous including Youngs Bayou and Bayou Mouchoir. These waterways dictated the placement of early settlements and small communities like De Loach and Rilla. Institutional sites like the Louisiana Training Institute and the Conway Hospital are documented alongside older landmarks like Gibson Chapel and the New City Cemetery, providing a detailed record of the region's social and physical infrastructure before late-20th-century development.