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1942 Map of Thigpen

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Thigpen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Bogue Chitto River defines the southwestern corner of this Washington Parish landscape, captured just before the United States entered the Second World War. This interior region of Louisiana is characterized by a dense network of creek branches, including Thigpen Creek and Lawrence Creek, which historically supported a landscape of timber and rural homesteads. Small rural hubs such as Springhill and Pine Cliff are mapped alongside the Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad line, showing the importance of rail transport to the local economy during the early 1940s.

Family heritage is deeply rooted in this area, as evidenced by numerous family burial grounds and community gathering points. Genealogists will find the locations of Smith Cem, Magee Cem, and Spencer Cem clearly marked across the hills. The presence of the Sheridan Store and the Oak Grove Ch suggests the social centers that anchored these communities in a time when the Old Choctaw Road still served as a primary thoroughfare.