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History · Junction City

Junction City was first counted by the census in 1900

Most of Junction City was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1927 on, and the census since 1900.

1900first census
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
1famous people
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Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Junction City began

When was Junction City founded?

1900

Junction City first appears in the census in 1900.

First census: 389 in 19002020 census: 437126 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Junction City’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.Boom and bustPeaked at 749 in 1990; 437 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Junction City’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps -…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Junction City, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 749

Peaked at 749 in 1990; 437 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story so far

Junction City, in brief

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

Junction City is a village in Claiborne and Union parishes in Louisiana, United States, and is the twin city of neighboring Junction City, Arkansas. The population was 437 in 2020. The Union Parish portion of Junction City is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 582 to 437 (-25%).

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

Timeline

Junction City, 1880 to 1990

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Claiborne Parish - Junction City…
  3. 20th century
  4. 1927On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1932Born hereGeorge Stevens is born here
  6. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 749
By decade

Junction City, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s2 items
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Claiborne Parish - Junction City - ED 14-2818801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA…1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Union Parish - Junction City - ED 56-1818801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA…
1890s–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.
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Today3 recent
Junction City, LA, Town Hall IMG 25742011Junction City, LA, Town Hall IMG 2574Atakapa Trace Junction Louisiana 4712010Atakapa Trace Junction Louisiana 471LAMap-doton-Junction City2004LAMap-doton-Junction City
On the map

Junction City on the map, 1927 to 1981

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

Junction City on the 1927 USGS mapJunction City on the 1930 USGS mapJunction City on the 1951 USGS mapJunction City on the 1981 USGS map1927El Dorado 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 Junction City.

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.

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Claiborne Parish - Junction City - ED 14-28
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Claiborne Parish - Junction City - ED 14-28, 1880

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

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Questions about Junction City’s history

What year was Junction City founded?

The Junction City post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.