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History · Farmerville

Farmerville’s post office opened in 1840, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 53% of U.S. towns · #53 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it

Most of Farmerville was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Its Register listings are the Edgewood, the Daniel Stein House and the Terral, Dr.,Clinic. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1870.

1840first post office
3on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
5famous people
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Quick answers

How Farmerville began

When was Farmerville founded?

1840

The Farmerville post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 272 in 18702020 census: 3,366186 years

How historic is Farmerville?

B−

More historic than 53% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Farmerville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Farmerville’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Farmerville is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns, #53 of 161 in Louisiana. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Farmerville’s overall grade.
Founding era1840, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 19401.3% of homes (±2.1) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register3 listings, 8.8 per 10,000 residents · typical LA town 3.8 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 53%
NewerOlder
Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (161)Ahead of 68%

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 Farmerville’s 8.8 sits near the middle of its state (65% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 3 listings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to A−. The pre-1940 share (±2.1 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (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 Farmerville’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 Farmerville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1880 and 1900, then grew 7-fold.Deep rootsA post office since 1840: 186 years of Farmerville.
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Start Farmerville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Farmerville’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

Farmerville, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00018801900192019401960198020002020712 in 1880Low: 458

Lost a third of its people between 1880 and 1900, then grew 7-fold.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

Timeline

Farmerville, 1840 to 2010

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe Farmerville post office opens
  3. 1875BuiltDaniel Stein House is built
  4. 1882Born hereLeon C. Weiss is born here
  5. 1895Born hereWilliam C. Feazel is born here
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902BuiltEdgewood is built
  8. 1914Born hereLefty Moses is born here
  9. 1920Born hereLeslie Aulds is born here
  10. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 21st century
  12. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 3,860
The story so far

Farmerville, in brief

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

Farmerville is a town in and the parish seat of Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has also been known as Farmersville. As of the 2020 census, Farmerville had a population of 3,366. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is spread about Lake D'Arbonne, a popular fishing and boating waterway.

Its first post office opened in 1840. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,860 to 3,366 (-13%).

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

By decade

Farmerville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
EF3 damage to a home in2022EF3 damage to a home inLake D'Arbonne at Farmerville, LA IMG 38462010Lake D'Arbonne at Farmerville, LA IMG 3846Glimpse of Farmerville, LA IMG 38562010Glimpse of Farmerville, LA IMG 3856Farmerville, LA, welcome sign IMG 38452010Farmerville, LA, welcome sign IMG 3845LAMap-doton-Farmerville2004LAMap-doton-Farmerville
On the map

Farmerville on the map, 1952 to 1988

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

Farmerville on the 1952 USGS mapFarmerville on the 1968 USGS mapFarmerville on the 1988 USGS map1952Farmerville 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 Farmerville.

On the National Register

3 historic places in Farmerville

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Edgewood
Edgewood, built 1902Daniel Stein House, built 1875Terral, Dr.,Clinic
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne1
Italianate1
Gothic Revival1
All 3 listings
EdgewoodBuilding · listed 1980Daniel Stein HouseBuilding · listed 1988Terral, Dr.,ClinicBuilding · listed 1999

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

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Farmerville

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

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William C. FeazelAmerican politician · b. 1895
Leon C. WeissAmerican architect · b. 1882
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Leslie AuldsAmerican baseball player · b. 1920
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Lefty MosesAmerican baseball player · b. 1914
M
Milton DanielAmerican independent oil operator, college foot… · b. 1890

Questions about Farmerville’s history

What year was Farmerville founded?

The Farmerville post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Farmerville rank for history?

Farmerville is more historic than 53% of U.S. towns, #53 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 Farmerville?

Three places: the Edgewood (listed 1980), the Daniel Stein House (1988) and the Terral, Dr.,Clinic (1999).

How old are the homes in Farmerville?

1% of Farmerville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.1 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1980.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.