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1962 Map of Thibodaux

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Thibodaux
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The agricultural and industrial character of Bayou Lafourche in the early 1960s is defined by a dense corridor of historic estates and energy infrastructure. Established settlements like Thibodaux serve as the hub for educational and civic life, home to Francis T Nicholls State College and Thibodaux College. The landscape is dominated by large-scale plantations such as Rienzi Plantation, Coulon Plantation, and Laurel Valley Plantation, which line the waterways and are intersected by the Texas and Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.

Beyond the residential core, the map captures the transition to extractive industry and undeveloped wetlands. Extensive energy interests are marked by the Chacahola Oil and Gas Field and the Lafourche Crossing Oil and Gas Field. To the north and south, the cultivated land gives way to natural features like Devil Swamp and Bayou Onion, illustrating the persistent tension between Louisiana's plantation economy and the surrounding bayou environment.