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1963 Map of White Castle

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of White Castle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Mississippi River winds through a landscape of established sugar plantations and riverfront industry in this 1963 survey of Iberville and Ascension Parishes. The town of White Castle and the older settlement of Bayou Goula anchor the west bank, connected by the Texas and Pacific railroad and surrounded by named estates like Palo Alto Plantation. On the east bank at Carville, the National Leprosarium stands as a significant historical landmark near the river's bend.

South of the river, the terrain transitions into a dense network of waterways and swampy lowlands, where Bayou Lafourche leads toward the Napoleonville Oil and Gas Field. Dozens of churches and cemeteries, such as St John the Bapt Ch and St Augustine Ch Sch & Cem, are scattered throughout the region, reflecting the deep-rooted community history and genealogy of the river parishes before modern infrastructure altered many local landmarks.