1958 Map of Mount Hermon

About this map

The Tangipahoa River and the Illinois Central railroad corridor define the western edge of this territory during the late 1950s. This survey documents a rural landscape where small communities like Kentwood, Roseland, and Chesbrough are anchored by timber and agricultural lands. The eastern portion of the sheet is marked by the Tchefuncta River headwaters and a high concentration of family-named cemeteries and rural congregations, including Beulah Ch Cem and Crystal Springs Ch. These features suggest a well-established social fabric of localized kinship and faith networks. High points in the terrain are utilized for regional monitoring, notably at the Sunny Hill Lookout Tower. Numerous smaller settlements such as Sunny Hill, Bolivar, and Wilmer are connected by a network of local roads crossing numerous drainages like Silver Creek and Chappapeela Creek.