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History · Boothville

Boothville’s post office opened in 1910

Most of Boothville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: 17 old photos and papers and maps from 1893 on.

1910first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
17old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Boothville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Boothville began

When was Boothville founded?

1910

The Boothville post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Duvic (1919), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 718116 years
Founding year: the first Boothville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Boothville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

On the map since 18936 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1993. Watch Boothville change.A town in old photos17 old photos, postcards and papers.
★ What stands out · On the map

Boothville on the map, 1893 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Boothville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Boothville on the 1893 USGS mapBoothville on the 1947 USGS mapBoothville on the 1954 USGS mapBoothville on the 1960 USGS mapBoothville on the 1971 USGS mapBoothville on the 1993 USGS map1893Forts sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Boothville.

By decade

Boothville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s17 items
Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer November 30, 1934 DETAIL - Frank's Island Lighthous…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr.…Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 DETAIL OF INSCRIPTION ON NORTH E…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr.…Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 DETAIL OF NORTH ELEVATION SHOWIN…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr.…Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 DETAIL OF WINDOW (NORTH ELEVATIO…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr.…Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 LOOKING UP NORTHSIDE OF TOWER - …1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr.…Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 VIEW OF TOWER ACROSS BLIND BAY M…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr.…Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer, November 30, 1934 VIEW OF TOWER FROM THE NORTH - F…1934Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr.…BoothvilleChurch19381938BoothvilleChurch1938BoothvilleDockSitters19381938BoothvilleDockSitters1938BoothvilleOrangeGrower1938BoothvilleOrangeGrowerOranges on trees1938Oranges on treesNatives of Boothville, Louisiana on dock1938Natives of Boothville, Louisiana on dockResidents at Boothville, Louisiana sitting on dock1938Residents at Boothville, Louisiana sitting on dockFront yard of orange grower1938Front yard of orange growerChurch in the orange growing section1938Church in the orange growing sectionUntitled photo, possibly related to: Natives of Boothville, Louisiana on dock1938Untitled photo, possibly related to: Natives of Booth…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Church in the orange growing section1938Untitled photo, possibly related to: Church in the or…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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BoothvilleFilASack2008BoothvilleFilASackBoothvilleFEMATrailerHouse2008BoothvilleFEMATrailerHouseBoothvilleBarbersign2008BoothvilleBarbersignBoothvilleBarberShop2008BoothvilleBarberShopFEMA - 19221 - Photograph by Jocelyn Augustino taken on 09-12-2005 in Louisiana2005FEMA - 19221 - Photograph by Jocelyn Augustino taken …FEMA - 17944 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on 10-26-2005 in Louisiana2005FEMA - 17944 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on…FEMA - 17943 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on 10-26-2005 in Louisiana2005FEMA - 17943 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on…
The story so far

Boothville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Boothville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Boothville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 854 as of the 2010 census, and 718 at the 2020 U.S. census. Jeré Longman of The New York Times stated that before Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the community served as "a hub of the fishing and oil and gas industries; as of September 2023 the Times listed it as "(inundated").

Its first post office opened in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 854 to 718 (-16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Boothville, 1893 to 1942

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910Post officeThe Boothville post office opens
  5. 1919Post officeThe Duvic post office opens
  6. 1922Post officeThe Duvic post office closes
  7. 1934In the archiveHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer November 30, 1934 DET…
  8. 1942Born hereRockie Charles is born here
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer November 30, 1934 DETAIL - Frank's Island Lighthous…
Retake this viewHistoric American Buildings Survey Samuel Wilson, Jr., Photographer November 30, 1934 DETAIL - Frank's Island Lighthous…, 1934

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Boothville’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Boothville’s post office has been open since 1910. Another post office, Duvic, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Boothville
1910–today
Duvic
1919–1922
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Duvic
1cemetery inside Boothville
Boothville Venice

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Boothville’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Survey Samu…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Triumph2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVeniceIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Boothville’s history

What year was Boothville founded?

The Boothville post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (17), the Library of Congress (7), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.