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History · Goldonna

Goldonna’s post office opened in 1892

Most of Goldonna was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 1930.

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How Goldonna began

When was Goldonna founded?

1892

The Goldonna post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 260 in 19302020 census: 428134 years
Founding year: the first Goldonna post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Goldonna’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 Goldonna are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goldonna’s history is told.

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The story so far

Goldonna, in brief

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

Goldonna is a village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Goldonna had a population of 428. It is part of the Natchitoches Micropolitan Statistical Area. South of Goldonna along Louisiana Highway 156, one may access Saline Bayou, popular for blackwater canoeing.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 430 in 2010, 428 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Goldonna, 1871 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Born hereRiley Joseph Wilson is born here
  3. 1892Post officeThe Goldonna post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909Born hereGordon Gunter is born here
  6. 1942Born herePatricia Maxwell is born here
  7. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Goldonna, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Louisiana Trails Railroad Car in Goldonna IMG 20752009Louisiana Trails Railroad Car in Goldonna IMG 2075LAMap-doton-Goldonna2004LAMap-doton-Goldonna
On the map

Goldonna on the map, 1947 to 2003

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

Goldonna on the 1947 USGS mapGoldonna on the 1957 USGS mapGoldonna on the 1986 USGS mapGoldonna on the 2003 USGS map1947Goldonna 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 Goldonna.

People over time

Goldonna, census by census

010020030040050019401960198020002020Peak: 526

Between 256 and 526 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Goldonna

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

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Riley Joseph WilsonAmerican politician · b. 1871
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Patricia MaxwellRomance novelist · b. 1942
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Gordon GunterAmerican marine biologist and fisheries scienti… · b. 1909

Questions about Goldonna’s history

What year was Goldonna founded?

The Goldonna post office opened in 1892, 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 (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.