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More historic than 12% of U.S. towns · #128 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it
Most of Haughton was built recently: 0.4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1986 on and the census since 1890.
The Haughton post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lawrenceville (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 12% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Haughton is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #128 of 161 in Louisiana. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Haughton’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (21% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Haughton’s history is told.
Lost a third of its people between 1890 and 1900, then grew more than tenfold.
12 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Haughton’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Haughton yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Haughton is a town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,539 in 2020. It is part of the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area.
Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,454 to 4,539 (+31%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Haughton. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Haughton.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Haughton’s post office has been open since 1884. Another post office, Lawrenceville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Haughton post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Haughton is more historic than 12% of U.S. towns, #128 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.
0.4% of Haughton’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1993.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (6), 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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