1983 Map of Spring Creek

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The Tangipahoa River carves through the borderlands of Louisiana and Mississippi, anchoring a landscape defined by small timber-and-creek settlements in the early 1980s. This survey focuses on the communities of Spring Creek, Lewiston, and Irving, where local life is organized around numerous family cemeteries and country churches. The density of sites like the McDaniel Cem, Cutrer Cem, and Pierce Cem suggests deep-rooted genealogical history across the Pike County and Tangipahoa Parish line. Transport and commerce are evidenced by the Illinois Central Gulf railroad cutting through the northwest corner near Greenlaw, while the dense network of waterways, including Little Silver Creek and Chubby Creek, illustrates the drainage patterns vital to the area's rural character. Education and community landmarks such as Hagen Sch and Midway Ch provide specific points of interest for local historians studying the social fabric of this interstate boundary region.