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History · Cullen

Cullen’s post office opened in 1938

Most of Cullen was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 1960.

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Quick answers

How Cullen began

When was Cullen founded?

1938

The Cullen post office opened in 1938, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Clifford (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 2,194 in 19602020 census: 71688 years
Founding year: the first Cullen post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cullen’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cullen are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19223 editions of the USGS map, 1922 to 1981. Watch Cullen change.
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Start Cullen’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cullen’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.
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On the map

Cullen on the map, 1922 to 1981

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

Cullen on the 1922 USGS mapCullen on the 1956 USGS mapCullen on the 1981 USGS map1922Sarepta 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 Cullen.

The story so far

Cullen, in brief

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

Cullen is a town just south of Springhill in northern Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cullen had a population of 716. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area. Bobby Ray Washington, the former mayor of Cullen, served as president and vice president of the Louisiana Municipal Association. He resigned from office when questions arose about his residency in Shreveport. Washington was succeeded in March 2012 by Dexter Turner, a former police detective in Springhill. Turner was elected to a full term as mayor in December 2012 and died on March 22, 2013, of an apparent heart attack at the age of forty-nine. Cullen has a restored Kansas City Southern …

Its first post office opened in 1938. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,163 to 716 (-38%).

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

Timeline

Cullen, 1892 to 2001

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Clifford post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1916Post officeThe Clifford post office closes
  5. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1938Post officeThe Cullen post office opens
  7. 1948Born hereJohn Mendenhall is born here
  8. 21st century
  9. 2001Born hereDecamerion Richardson is born here
By decade

Cullen, decade by decade

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People over time

Cullen, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0001960198020002020Peak: 2,194

Between 716 and 2,194 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cullen’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Cullen

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Decamerion RichardsonAmerican football player · b. 2001
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John MendenhallAmerican football defensive tackle · b. 1948
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Cullen’s post office has been open since 1938. Another post office, Clifford, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Clifford
1892–1916
Cullen
1938–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Clifford
1cemetery inside Cullen
Garden of Memory

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

SpringhillIts storyC

Questions about Cullen’s history

What year was Cullen founded?

The Cullen post office opened in 1938, 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 (2), 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.