
The Mississippi River carves a deep, serpentine path through this Iberville Parish landscape, creating massive peninsulas like Manchac Point and Plaquemine Point. The city of Plaquemine serves as the focal point, situated at the junction where Bayou Plaquemine meets the river, featuring the historic Plaquemine Lock. The region's plantation history is visibly preserved through named tracts such as St Louis Plantation, Cottage Plantation, and Evergreen Plantation, which sit alongside established riverbank settlements like Sunshine and Seymourville.
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1908 · Baton Rouge
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1935 · Chicot Lake
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1936 · White Castle
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Baton Rouge
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · Grosse Tete
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Baton Rouge West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Crescent
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Plaquemine
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Lobdell
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Addis
USGS Topo · 1:24,000