1994 Map of West Monroe South

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Cheniere Brake dominates the western landscape of this mid-1990s survey, its waters punctuated by Pine Island, Joes Island, and Coon Island. East of this wetland complex, the suburban expansion of Brownville and Bawcomville reveals a densifying residential grid near the Ouachita River. This map captures a significant period of late-century development, where new additions in purple highlight the growth of neighborhoods around Siegle and Wilds. Genealogists will find a high density of rural burial sites and places of worship, including the Old Sardis and New Sardis cemeteries, and the St Lukes and Mt Vernon churches. The transition from the riverbottom industry and levees of the Ouachita River to the timbered bayous of Cheniere Creek and Steep Bayou illustrates the local reliance on both the river system and the high ground of the surrounding pine woods.