The story
Read it all →How Amelia came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Amelia.
The first postmaster named the town after Amelia Dupuis, his fiancée, who died shortly before their wedding day.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Amelia
Amelia’s post office opened in 1880
More historic than 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Amelia was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980.
1880first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Amelia began
When was Amelia founded?
1880
The Amelia post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 2,132146 years
How historic is Amelia?
D
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 11% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Amelia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Amelia’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Amelia is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Amelia’s overall grade.
Founding era1880, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±1.8) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%D−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical LA town 3.8 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 11%
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Louisiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Louisiana town has 3.8 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Amelia’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (21% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±1.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Amelia’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Amelia’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Amelia’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Amelia, decade by decade
Today1 recent
2005Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Amelia
Nobody well known was born in Amelia itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Amelia’s post office has been open since 1880.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Morgan City Beach
Gone or out of use
Ramos Gas Fieldoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Amelia
MiltonSaint Andrews
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Amelia’s history
What year was Amelia founded?
The Amelia post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Amelia rank for history?
Amelia is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Amelia?
0.0% of Amelia’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.8 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1980.
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Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.