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2024 Map of Womack

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Womack
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Womack serves as the focal point for this rural North Louisiana landscape, where the boundary between Jackson Parish and Winn Parish cuts across a densely wooded network of creek drainages. The area is characterized by scattered family-named cemeteries that anchor the local geography, such as Tippen Chapel Cem, Fowler Cem, and Dothan Cem. These sites, along with small settlements like Gulf Crossing and Lyons, suggest a community history deeply rooted in the timberlands and small-scale agriculture typical of the region.

Water plays a central role in the topography, with the Caney Creek Reservoir sitting at the northwestern edge. A complex system of branches and creeks, including Cowcumber Creek, Indian Creek, and Turkey Creek, carves through the terrain, dictating the winding paths of roads like State Rte 499 and various parish routes. The map records a quiet, rural continuity, preserving the locations of remote homesteads and long-standing landmarks like Lone Star Cem and Mount Pleasant Cem amidst the pine-heavy bottomlands.