
False River, an oxbow lake of the Mississippi River, dominates the landscape of this Pointe Coupee Parish survey. The town of New Roads serves as the focal point, situated on the northern bank of the oxbow and bisected by the Texas and Pacific railroad. The map illustrates a dense pattern of long-lot land divisions radiating from the water, characteristic of colonial French settlement patterns where river access was paramount.
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1953 New Roads
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1962 New Roads
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1963 New Roads
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1965 New Roads
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1983 New Roads
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1996 New Roads
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2012 New Roads
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2015 New Roads
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2018 New Roads
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2020 New Roads
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2024 New Roads
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA