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Gramercy’s post office opened in 1901, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 30% of U.S. towns · #88 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it

Most of Gramercy was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. 2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 39 buildings. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1892 on, and the census since 1950.

1901first post office
2on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
1famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Gramercy’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Gramercy began

When was Gramercy founded?

1901

The Gramercy post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,184 in 19502020 census: 2,932125 years

How historic is Gramercy?

C

More historic than 30% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Gramercy’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Gramercy is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #88 of 161 in Louisiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Gramercy’s overall grade.
Founding era1901, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19401.3% of homes (±1.6) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register2 listings, 40 historic buildings, 142 per 10,000 residents · typical LA town 3.8 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 30%
NewerOlder
Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (161)Ahead of 46%

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 Gramercy’s 142 sits above most of its state (92% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 40 historic buildings outnumber those of 83% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±1.6 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 Gramercy’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1994. Watch Gramercy change.A historic districtThe Colonial Sugars Historic District takes in 39 historic buildings.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Gramercy’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gramercy’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewGramercyRefinery1909Hurricane: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Gramercy on the map, 1892 to 1994

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

Gramercy on the 1892 USGS mapGramercy on the 1946 USGS mapGramercy on the 1954 USGS mapGramercy on the 1962 USGS mapGramercy on the 1980 USGS mapGramercy on the 1994 USGS map1892Mount Airy 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 Gramercy.

On the National Register

2 listings protect 40 historic buildings

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
40
each building in a district counts
first listed
1994
Colonial Sugars Historic District
Millet HouseColonial Sugars Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

French Creole1
Neo-Classical1
Millet HouseFrench Creole
All 2 listings
Colonial Sugars Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1994

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

The story

How Gramercy came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Gramercy.

Read it all →

Gramercy was originally an American Indian and French settlement and trading post. In 1739, much of the area which is now known as Gramercy was sold to Joseph Delille Dupart, Commissioner of Indian Nations under

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. The town was incorporated in November 1947. A historic sugar mill was established in Gramercy in 1895, which became the Colonial Sugar Refinery in 1902. The National Park Service has designated the site as the Colonial Sugar National Historic District.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Gramercy, 1892 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Gramercy post office opens
  5. 1909In the archiveGramercyRefinery1909Hurricane
  6. 1983Born hereDavid Pittman is born here
By decade

Gramercy, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
GramercyRefinery1909Hurricane1909GramercyRefinery1909Hurricane
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Date unknown1 to date
Colonial Sugars Company, Power HouseDate?Colonial Sugars Company, Power House
Today6 recent
MilletHouse22014MilletHouse2MilletHouse12014MilletHouse1Gramercy Flooding from Isaac2012Gramercy Flooding from IsaacGramercy Flooded after Isaac 22012Gramercy Flooded after Isaac 2ColonialusgarWM2010ColonialusgarWMN69348 MISSISSIPI FLIGHT MSY-IAH2005N69348 MISSISSIPI FLIGHT MSY-IAH
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

GramercyRefinery1909Hurricane
Retake this viewGramercyRefinery1909Hurricane, 1909

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Gramercy’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Gramercy, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0001960198020002020Peak: 3,613

Between 1,184 and 3,613 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lutcher3 historic placesC+

Questions about Gramercy’s history

What year was Gramercy founded?

The Gramercy post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Gramercy rank for history?

Gramercy is more historic than 30% of U.S. towns, #88 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 Gramercy?

Two places: the Millet House (listed 1999) and the Colonial Sugars Historic District (1994).

How old are the homes in Gramercy?

1% of Gramercy’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1989.

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 (7), the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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.