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1959 Map of Steep Gully

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Steep Gully
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The boundary lines of Vernon Parish, Rapides Parish, and Allen Parish converge in this rural central Louisiana landscape. The area is defined by a dense network of country churches, including Occupy Ch No 1, Occupy Ch No 2, and Freedom Ch, suggesting a deeply rooted community structure in the late 1950s. The southern portion of the map is dominated by the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad, which runs parallel to a local Levee near the Elizabeth Cemetery.

Waterways like Tenmile Creek and Bayou Cocodrie carve through the terrain, flanked by numerous drainage features such as Steep Gully and Bad Gully. Local infrastructure is further represented by the Plainview School and the Plainview Lookout Tower, while family and community history is preserved at Tenmile Cemetery and West Cemetery. This survey captures the transition of the piney woods region before modern development altered the local parish interfaces.