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1947 Map of Sugartown

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Sugartown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Sugartown serves as the focal point for this landscape in Beauregard Parish, situated at the junction of several early state highways. The map reveals a region defined by its timber industry and complex drainage systems, where a Logging Railroad and an Old Logging Railroad Grade cut diagonally across the terrain, indicating the historical movement of lumber toward distant mills.

Waterways like Whisky Chitto Creek and its many tributaries, including Indian Branch and Hargroves Branch, dominate the interior. Cultural markers are sparse but significant for genealogical research, notably Smyrna Ch located near Sandy Branch. The presence of numerous named gullies and sloughs, such as Bear Slough and Black Gully, underscores the wet, low-lying nature of this Gulf Coastal Plain environment during the mid-1930s field examinations.