1961 Map of Monterey

About this map

Monterey serves as a focal point for this 1961 survey, situated at the complex junction of the Black River Lake and the winding Cocodrie Bayou. The landscape is a network of backwater channels and bayous, where drainage patterns like Wild Cow Bayou, Greens Bayou, and Whites Bayou illustrate the alluvial character of the Louisiana and Mississippi borderlands. Settlement is concentrated along these watercourses and old transport lines, including the Old Grade Railroad cutting through the western timber. The map documents a distinct phase of river engineering and industrial development, featuring the Glasscock Cutoff on the Mississippi River and numerous active energy sites like the Fairview Oil Field and Quinn Bayou Oil Field. For genealogists, the presence of family-named landmarks and local burial grounds such as Home Place Cem and Rice Cem provides vital clues to the mid-century social geography of Concordia Parish.