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1983 Map of Natchitoches North

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Natchitoches North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Red River winds through this Central Louisiana landscape, where the shifting riverbed creates a complex network of bayous and oxbow lakes. In the early 1980s, significant engineering is visible with a new channel labeled Under Construction bypassing old bends near Grand Ecore. To the south, the city of Natchitoches serves as a regional hub, anchored by the campus of Northwestern State Univ and the northern reach of Cane River Lake.

Tracing the rural periphery reveals several small communities and historical family sites, such as Hyams and Irma. Local genealogy is well-documented through numerous burial grounds including Memory Lawn Cem, De Blieux Cem, and Russell Cem. The transport infrastructure of the era is defined by the Kansas City Southern and Missouri Pacific railroads, which parallel the watercourses and support the river-valley economy.