1962 Map of Pine Bluff

About this map

Pine Bluff is depicted during a period of significant growth and institutional development in the early 1960s, with later updates tracking its urban expansion. The city is the clear focal point, showing the concentrated footprint of the Arkansas Mechanical and Normal College and the St Louis Southwestern rail lines. The landscape south of the city center is defined by the winding course of Bayou Bartholomew and the smaller Nevins Creek, which cut through the townships of Niven and Vaughine. The map reveals a high density of educational and religious sites, such as the Arkansas Industrial Sch and St Andrews Ch, which speak to the civic structure of the era. To the west and south, the transition from urban streets to rural areas is marked by clusters like Watson Chapel and Sulphur Springs, alongside numerous gravel pits and sections of an abandoned pipeline corridor.