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1961 Map of Waverly

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Waverly
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

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Bayou Macon and the Tensas River dominate this 1961 landscape in Madison and Richland Parishes, where the Illinois Central corridor dictates the location of local commerce. The town of Delhi serves as a primary hub, adjacent to the Delhi Compressor Sta and early Oil Wells, while small rural communities like Tendal, Quebec, and Waverly follow the rail line eastward.

The presence of numerous rural congregations, such as Zion Pilgrim No 1 Church, Mt Nebo Ch, and New Mt Zion Ch, highlights the importance of faith and community in this agricultural region. Large swaths of the southern territory are managed as the Chicago Mill and Lumber Co Game Refuge and Preserve, a terrain defined by meanders and oxbows like Horseshoe Lake and Africa Lake. Of particular interest to local historians is the Indian Mound near Butler Lake, alongside several stretches of Dismantled Railroad that hint at older logging or transit patterns.