Carencro dates to 1765, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 70% of U.S. towns · #31 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it
Most of Carencro was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Its Register listings are the Our Lady of the Assumption School and the Louis J. and Marie Amelia Arceneaux House. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1957 on, and the census since 1890.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1872.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Carencro’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Carencro is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns, #31 of 161 in Louisiana. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Carencro’s overall grade.
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 Carencro’s 6.0 sits near the middle of its state (59% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1765.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A. The pre-1940 share (±2.2 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Carencro’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
A and M Mobile Home ParkCharmon Mobile Home ParkClifton Camochahe Mobile Home ParkDaves Mobile Home VillageEvangeline Trailer ParkExecutive Choice Mobile Home ParkGloriaLa Roulette Mobile Home ParkNorth Acadian Mobile Home ParkParkland Mobile Home Park
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Carencro, 1765 to 1982
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Few European people settled in the Carencro area (around Lafayette) until the coming of the Acadian refugees in the 18th century. Some of the Acadians transported in 1765 to the Attakapas district were given lands along Bayou Carencro, although probably not in what is now the town of Carencro. At that time, Jean and Marin Mouton, Charles Peck, Louis Pierre Arceneaux and others began to establish vacheries in the vicinity. More cattlemen would follow after 1770, when Spanish Gov. Alejandro O'Reilly decreed that "a grant of 42 arpents [35 acres] in front by 42 in depth could be issued only to those who owned 100 head of tame cattle, some sheep and horses, and two slaves to oversee them."
In 1765, according to Wikidata. Carencro’s post office opened in 1872, and the census of 1890 counted 289 people here.
How does Carencro rank for history?
Carencro is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns, #31 of 161 in Louisiana. 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.
What is on the National Register in Carencro?
Two places: the Our Lady of the Assumption School (listed 2001) and the Louis J. and Marie Amelia Arceneaux House (2022).
How old are the homes in Carencro?
3% of Carencro’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.2 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1988.
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 (6), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.
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