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History · Florien

Florien’s post office opened in 1897

Most of Florien was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 1960.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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How Florien began

When was Florien founded?

1897

The Florien post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 496 in 19602020 census: 553129 years
Founding year: the first Florien post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Florien’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 Florien are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 964 in 1980; 553 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Florien’s history is told.

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People over time

Florien, census by census

02004006008001,0001960198020002020Peak: 964

Peaked at 964 in 1980; 553 people lived here in 2020.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

The story so far

Florien, in brief

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

Florien is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Florien had a population of 553. The village is home to the annual Sabine Free State Festival, celebrating the village's history as part of the Sabine Neutral Strip.

Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 633 to 553 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Florien, 1897 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897Post officeThe Florien post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 964
By decade

Florien, decade by decade

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On the map

Florien on the map, 1942 to 1997

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

Florien on the 1942 USGS mapFlorien on the 1954 USGS mapFlorien on the 1997 USGS map1942Florien 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 Florien.

Questions about Florien’s history

What year was Florien founded?

The Florien post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (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.