1962 Map of Pine Bluff

About this map

The urban core of Pine Bluff and its sprawling residential and industrial expansions dominate the eastern half of this survey, anchored by the Arkansas Mechanical and Normal College and a dense network of civic institutions. This era shows the city as a significant regional hub, with the St Louis Southwestern and Missouri Pacific railroads threading through the street grid past landmarks like the Courthouse and Davis Hospital. Beyond the city limits, the landscape transitions into the agricultural and wooded bottoms of Bayou Bartholomew. To the west and south, smaller rural communities like Watson Chapel and Sulphur Springs are documented alongside numerous country churches and cemeteries, such as Liberty Hill Ch Cem and Spring Hill Ch. These outlying areas in Niven and Vaughne townships reveal the traditional settlement patterns of Jefferson County before further suburbanization took hold.