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1942 Map of Montpelier

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Montpelier
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Montpelier serves as the primary hub in this early 1940s landscape, situated where the Tickfaw River winds through the borderlands of St Helena Parish and Livingston Parish. The map reveals a rural network defined by its small community institutions, including Shiloh Ch and several local schools like New Hope Sch and Morgan Sch.

Transport and topography are intertwined here, as an Old Railroad Grade and several state highways cut through a dense web of waterways such as Twelvemile Branch, Bear Creek, and Hog Bayou. This advance sheet highlights the transition from rail to road reliance while preserving the names of local landmarks like Hillsdale Cem and Rocky Hill Sch that anchored family life in the Louisiana pine woods during the pre-war era.