2020 Map of Vivian South

About this map

The northern edge of Caddo Lake meets a landscape defined by Bayou drainage and the historic footprints of Louisiana's early 20th-century oil industry. This survey of Caddo Parish reveals a network of smaller communities including Superior, Shoreline, and Oil City, the latter of which became famous for being the site of the world's first over-water oil well. The terrain transitions from the low-lying Halfway Slough and Old Channel Black Bayou up toward the elevation of Mt Gilead. For those researching local lineages, the map is remarkably dense with family-named landmarks and burial grounds, ranging from the Hobbs Family Cem in the south to the Hale Memorial Gardens near Vivian. This area, once dominated by logging and oil production, is shown here with its modern road networks and the continued significance of the Black Bayou waterway.