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1942 Map of Pine Grove

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Pine Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Amite River and its dense network of tributaries, such as Lilleys Creek and Hog Branch, dominate this early 1940s landscape at the intersection of St. Helena, East Feliciana, East Baton Rouge, and Livingston parishes. The map reveals a rural economy in transition, where the New Orleans Natalbany and Natchez Railroad is already marked as abandoned, leaving behind an Old Grade near Pigeon Creek.

Settlement is concentrated around Grangeville and Pine Grove, supported by a network of local institutions. Rural life is grounded in country schools like Claiborne Sch and Veers Sch, alongside numerous family burial grounds including Naul Cem and Thomas Cem. The infrastructure of the era is defined by the early state highway system, including State Highway No 125 and the Claiborne Highway, which connected these timber and farming communities before modern regional development.