1939 Map of Natchez

About this map

Natchez sits atop the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River and the low-lying reaches of Concordia Parish in this 1939 survey. The landscape is defined by the massive bend of the river and the engineering efforts to control it, notably at Giles Cut-Off (1933) and the Water Proof Cut-Off 1884. These works transformed former river channels into oxbow lakes like Lake St John and Lake Concordia, which became the backdrop for a dense network of river-economy settlements.