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History · Bordelonville

Bordelonville’s post office opened in 1876, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bordelonville Floodgate. Below: 6 old photos and papers and maps from 1941 on.

1876first post office
1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Bordelonville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Bordelonville began

When was Bordelonville founded?

1876

The Bordelonville post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 458150 years
Founding year: the first Bordelonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
The story so far

Bordelonville, in brief

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

Bordelonville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bordelonville had a population of 458. Bordelonville is located along Bayou des Glaises and Louisiana Highway 451, 17 miles (27 km) east of Marksville, the parish seat.

Its first post office opened in 1876. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 525 to 458 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Bordelonville, 1876 to 1941

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Bordelonville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1927In the archiveFloods - Mississippi River Flood
  5. 1931BuiltBordelonville Floodgate is built
  6. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Bordelonville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s6 items
Floods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodBordelonville, La., crevasse1927Bordelonville, La., crevasse
1930s–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.
Add from your album
On the map

Bordelonville on the map, 1941 to 1996

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

Bordelonville on the 1941 USGS mapBordelonville on the 1962 USGS mapBordelonville on the 1982 USGS mapBordelonville on the 1996 USGS map1941Voorhies 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 Bordelonville.

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.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood
Retake this viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood, 1927

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Bordelonville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1991
Bordelonville Floodgate
Bordelonville Floodgate, built 1931
Structures
Bordelonville FloodgateBuilt 1931

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bordelonville

Nobody well known was born in Bordelonville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Little WalterAmerican blues harmonica player · b. 1930
Rashard LewisAmerican basketball player · b. 1979
Norma McCorveyPlaintiff in Roe v. Wade · b. 1947
Justin GastonAmerican actor, model, and singer · b. 1988
Anna MargaretAmerican singer, songwriter and actress · b. 1996
Elaine EdwardsAmerican politician · b. 1929
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Bordelonville’s post office has been open since 1876.

Gone or out of use
Bordelonville High Schoolschool

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

Help out

Finish Bordelonville’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 viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Bordelonville’s history

What year was Bordelonville founded?

The Bordelonville post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Bordelonville?

One place: the Bordelonville Floodgate (listed 1991).

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 (5), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.