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History · Dubberly

Dubberly was first counted by the census in 1960, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Dubberly was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Its Register listing is the Shadow House. Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1960.

1960first census
1on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Dubberly began

When was Dubberly founded?

1960

Dubberly first appears in the census in 1960. Another post office, Brushwood (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 249 in 19602020 census: 25066 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Dubberly’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 Dubberly are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 421 in 1980; 250 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Dubberly’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dubberly’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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People over time

Dubberly, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 421

Peaked at 421 in 1980; 250 people lived here in 2020.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

The story so far

Dubberly, in brief

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

Dubberly is a village in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dubberly had a population of 250. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area. The largest plant nursery in the south, Dixie nursery, was operated at Shadow House in Dubberly.

Its first post office opened in 1960. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 273 to 250 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Dubberly, 1884 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Brushwood post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Brushwood post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 421
By decade

Dubberly, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Sheriff's deputy Mickey Perryman IMG 95922016Sheriff's deputy Mickey Perryman IMG 9592U.S. Post Office, Dubberly, LA IMG 03682010U.S. Post Office, Dubberly, LA IMG 0368Fellowship Baptist Church, Dubberly, LA IMG 03652010Fellowship Baptist Church, Dubberly, LA IMG 0365Dubberly, LA, welcome sign IMG 03672010Dubberly, LA, welcome sign IMG 0367Dubberly, LA, Town Hall IMG 03642010Dubberly, LA, Town Hall IMG 0364Dubberly General Store, Dubberly, LA IMG 03632010Dubberly General Store, Dubberly, LA IMG 0363LAMap-doton-Dubberly2004LAMap-doton-Dubberly
On the map

Dubberly on the map, 1949 to 1986

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

Dubberly on the 1949 USGS mapDubberly on the 1950 USGS mapDubberly on the 1986 USGS map1949Gibsland 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 Dubberly.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Dubberly

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1998
Shadow House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Log Dogtrot1
All 1 listings
Shadow HouseBuilding · listed 1998

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Brushwood, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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

Questions about Dubberly’s history

What year was Dubberly founded?

The Dubberly post office opened in 1960, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Dubberly?

One place: the Shadow House (listed 1998).

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 (7), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.