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2020 Map of Soileau

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Soileau
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Oberlin sits at the northwestern edge of this landscape where the prairie begins its transition into the dense drainage networks of Allen Parish. The region is defined by its low-lying hydrology, characterized by the winding paths of Sonnier Bayou, Coulee Bayou, and Cyrus Gully. A network of rural parish roads, including Powell RD and Bel Oil RD, connects family-named landmarks and small community sites across the landscape.

Genealogists will find this 2020 record particularly valuable for its precise documentation of several rural burial grounds. Distributed across the map are the Saint Peters Cem, Eternal Rest Cem, and Saint Joseph Cem, among others. These sites, along with names like Chaumont Cove Cem and Cole Cem, serve as quiet markers of the families who settled this area of Louisiana between Castor Creek and the southern marshlands.