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History · Hahnville

Hahnville’s post office opened in 1880, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 31% of U.S. towns · #85 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it

Most of Hahnville was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1891 on, and the census since 1960.

1880first post office
2on the National Register
0.5%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
2famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Hahnville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Hahnville began

When was Hahnville founded?

1880

The Hahnville post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Saint Charles (1843), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 1,297 in 19602020 census: 2,959146 years

How historic is Hahnville?

C

More historic than 31% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Hahnville’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hahnville is more historic than 31% of U.S. towns, #85 of 161 in Louisiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hahnville’s overall grade.
Founding era1880, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.5% of homes (±0.9) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register2 listings, 4 historic buildings, 11.4 per 10,000 residents · typical LA town 3.8 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 31%
NewerOlder
Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (161)Ahead of 48%

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 Hahnville’s 11.4 sits above most of its state (68% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% 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 (±0.9 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 Hahnville’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 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18917 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1992. Watch Hahnville change.A National Historic Landmark2 places on the National Register, including Homeplace Plantation House, a National Historic Landmark.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Hahnville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hahnville’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 photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewViews of Vicksburg, Miss. & Hahnville, …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Hahnville on the map, 1891 to 1992

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

Hahnville on the 1891 USGS mapHahnville on the 1932 USGS mapHahnville on the 1952 USGS mapHahnville on the 1967 USGS mapHahnville on the 1972 USGS mapHahnville on the 1989 USGS mapHahnville on the 1992 USGS map1891Hahnville 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 Hahnville.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Hahnville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmark
1
Homeplace Plantation House
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1970
Homeplace Plantation House
Odd Fellows HallHomeplace Plantation House, built 1787★
Buildings★ landmark

Architectural styles listings

French Colonial1
★ Landmark
Homeplace Plantation HouseFrench Colonial · Built 1787
All 2 listings
Odd Fellows HallBuilding · listed 2019

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

The story

How Hahnville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hahnville.

Read it all →

In 1682, La Salle recorded the presence of a village of Quinipissa peoples in the vicinity of modern-day Hahnville. In the 1700s, German immigrants to the French colony of Louisiana began settling along the Mississippi upriver from New Orleans in what became known as the German Coast. In the early 1800s, following the sale of Louisiana, the United States established the St. Charles Courthouse in the area and a small community grew up around it. In February 1872, Thomas Sharpe began laying out a village near the courthouse, which he called Flaggville after district judge Othelle J. Flagg. Around the same time, former governor Michael Hahn, who had a sugar plantation upriver from Flaggville, began dividing his land to found Hahnville. Gradually "Hahnville" became the commonly accepted name for the larger area.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hahnville, 1787 to 1989

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1787BuiltHomeplace Plantation House is built
  3. 19th century
  4. 1843Post officeThe Saint Charles post office opens
  5. 1880Post officeThe Saint Charles post office closes
  6. 1880Post officeThe Hahnville post office opens
  7. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 20th century
  9. 1920Born hereHerb Simpson is born here
  10. 1927In the archiveViews of Vicksburg, Miss. & Hahnville, La
  11. 1970LandmarkHomeplace Plantation House named a National Historic Landmark
  12. 1989Born hereLaRon Byrd is born here
By decade

Hahnville, decade by decade

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

1920s1 item
Views of Vicksburg, Miss. & Hahnville, La1927Views of Vicksburg, Miss. & Hahnville, La
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
Date unknown3 to date
Zeringue HouseDate?Zeringue HouseDr. Lehmann HouseDate?Dr. Lehmann HouseHomeplace Plantation, River RoadDate?Homeplace Plantation, River Road
Today3 recent
Flagville Historical Marker2024Flagville Historical MarkerMississippi River - Hahnville, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana2013Mississippi River - Hahnville, Saint Charles Parish, …LAMap-doton-Hahnville2004LAMap-doton-Hahnville
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.

Views of Vicksburg, Miss. & Hahnville, La
Retake this viewViews of Vicksburg, Miss. & Hahnville, La, 1927

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

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Hahnville, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5001960198020002020Peak: 3,344

Between 1,297 and 3,344 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Hahnville

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

See all →
H
Herb SimpsonNegro League Baseball player · b. 1920
L
LaRon ByrdAmerican football player · b. 1989
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Hahnville’s post office has been open since 1880. Another post office, Saint Charles, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Saint Charles
1843–1880
Hahnville
1880–today
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Flagville

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.

Taft1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLulingIts storyC−NorcoIts storyC−New SarpyIts storyC−Destrehan2 historic placesC−

Questions about Hahnville’s history

What year was Hahnville founded?

The Hahnville post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Hahnville rank for history?

Hahnville is more historic than 31% of U.S. towns, #85 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 Hahnville?

Two places: the Homeplace Plantation House (listed 1970) and the Odd Fellows Hall (2019).

How old are the homes in Hahnville?

0.5% of Hahnville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1993.

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 (3), the Library of Congress (4), 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.