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History · Grosse Tete

Grosse Tete’s post office opened in 1848

Most of Grosse Tete was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1940 on, and the census since 1930.

1848first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Grosse Tete’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Grosse Tete began

When was Grosse Tete founded?

1848

The Grosse Tete post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Regina (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 303 in 19302020 census: 548178 years
Founding year: the first Grosse Tete post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Grosse Tete’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 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 768 in 1960; 548 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Grosse Tete.
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Start Grosse Tete’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Grosse Tete, census by census

020040060080019401960198020002020Peak: 768

Peaked at 768 in 1960; 548 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Timeline

Grosse Tete, 1848 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848Post officeThe Grosse Tete post office opens
  3. 1859Post officeThe Grosse Tete post office closes
  4. 1890Post officeThe Regina post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Regina post office closes
  7. 1902Post officeThe Grosse Tete post office opens
  8. 1924Born hereEdgar Blanchard is born here
  9. 1927In the archiveFloods - Mississippi River Flood
  10. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 768
The story so far

Grosse Tete, in brief

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

Grosse Tête ([ɡʁos tɛt]; locally ) is a village in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 647 at the 2010 census, and 731 at the 2019 American Community Survey. The village name is French for "Big Head". Grosse Tête is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1848. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 647 to 548 (-15%).

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

By decade

Grosse Tete, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s3 items
Floods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodFloods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River FloodGross[e] Tete, La., town flooded by crevasse waters1927Gross[e] Tete, La., town flooded by crevasse waters
1930s–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
Today1 recent
LAMap-doton-Grosse Tete2004LAMap-doton-Grosse Tete
On the map

Grosse Tete on the map, 1940 to 1992

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

Grosse Tete on the 1940 USGS mapGrosse Tete on the 1954 USGS mapGrosse Tete on the 1962 USGS mapGrosse Tete on the 1980 USGS mapGrosse Tete on the 1992 USGS map1940Grosse Tete 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 Grosse Tete.

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.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood
Retake this viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood, 1927

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

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Grosse Tete had its own post office from 1848 to 1859. Another post office, Regina, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Grosse Tete
1848–1859
Regina
1890–1902
Grosse Tete
1902–today
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Webre
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grosse Tete
New Light BaptistNew Mount Olive BaptistShell Memorial

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rosedale3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Grosse Tete’s history

What year was Grosse Tete founded?

The Grosse Tete post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (1), 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.