Greenwood dates to 1839, and 3 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 61% of U.S. towns · #40 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it
Most of Greenwood was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Its Register listings are the Trosper House, the Flournoy-Wise House and the Dunn House. Below: maps from 1945 on and the census since 1970.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1840.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Greenwood’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Greenwood is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns, #40 of 161 in Louisiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Greenwood’s overall grade.
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 Greenwood’s 25.7 sits above most of its state (77% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 8 historic buildings outnumber those of 74% 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 is a Census survey estimate (±3.0 points). Two sources give 1839.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Greenwood’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Greenwood was established by European Americans in 1839 after the forced Indian Removal of the Caddo people to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) west of the Mississippi River.
As in the rest of Louisiana, most Black or African Americans were disenfranchised from the turn of the 20th century into the 1960s, and the state was dominated by white Democrats; Caddo Parish Sheriff J. Howell Flournoy, who served a record 26 years in office from 1940 to 1966, was born in Greenwood in 1891 and was part of the political Flournoy dynasty.
In 1839, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Greenwood’s post office opened in 1840, and the census of 1970 counted 212 people here.
How does Greenwood rank for history?
Greenwood is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns, #40 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 Greenwood?
Three places: the Trosper House (listed 1987), the Flournoy-Wise House (1990) and the Dunn House (1998).
How old are the homes in Greenwood?
2% of Greenwood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.0 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1994.
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 (2), Wikidata (3), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.
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