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2020 Map of Tate Cove

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

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Ville Platte marks the western edge of this agricultural landscape, where the prairie begins to break into the complex drainages of the Cajun heartland. The terrain is defined by a network of slow-moving waterways, including Bayou Petite Passe and Bayou Cocodrie, which have shaped the settlement patterns of Evangeline and St. Landry parishes for generations. Small communities like Faubourg, Grand Prairie, and Belair Cove are scattered across the quadrangle, connected by an intricate web of parish roads and family-named lanes.

Local history is deeply preserved in the numerous rural burial grounds that dot the map, such as Sacred Heart Church Cem and the Old Grand Prairie Cem. These sites, along with landmarks like Fontenots Pond, reflect a region where the land and its original French-inflected lineages remain closely tied. The transition from the open fields of Tate Cove to the riparian corridors of Bayou Carron illustrates the classic South Louisiana interplay between cultivated prairie and bottomland woods.