
Slidell occupies a transition from the developing residential street grids of North Slidell and McClane City to the protected wetlands of the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. The map captures a moment when traditional maritime and rail infrastructure, such as the Old Railroad Grade and the winding Bayou Bonfouca, defined the town's geography alongside modern institutional expansions like Memorial Hospital and the Slidell Airport. For genealogists, the landscape is punctuated by a high density of burial sites including Greenwood Cem, Oddfellow Cem, and the Forest Lawn Cem Mausoleum. Military and civic activity is anchored by Camp Villere and the City Hall complex, while smaller outlying settlements such as Alton and St Joe maintain their distinct identities near the Pearl River bottomlands.
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1892 · Chef Menteur
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1893 · Rigolets
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1914 · Nicholson
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1921 · Nicholson
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1935 · Slidell
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1936 · North Shore
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1936 · South Point
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1936 · Chef Menteur
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1936 · Rigolets
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1939 · Slidell
USGS Topo · 1:62,500