1983 Map of Verda

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Kisatchie National Forest dominates the timbered uplands of this 1980s landscape, straddling the Winn Parish Grant Parish line. The terrain is defined by a dense network of watercourses, including Nantachie Creek and L'Eau Frete Creek, which feed into the sprawling waters of Nantachie Lake in the south. This area illustrates the late 20th-century rural settlement patterns of Central Louisiana, where small communities like Verda and New Verda are situated along regional roads, and the Kansas City Southern and Louisiana and Arkansas Railway provide critical transportation infrastructure for the region. Genealogists will find several rural landmarks of interest, including the Dortigo Cem and numerous parish churches such as Union Grove Ch, New Hope Ch, and Mt Zion Ch that served these dispersed communities.