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History · Lafourche Crossing

Lafourche Crossing’s post office opened in 1859, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 42% of U.S. towns · #70 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it

Most of Lafourche Crossing was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Its Register listings are the Chatchie Plantation House and the Lefort House. Below: maps from 1892 on.

1859first post office
2on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Lafourche Crossing began

When was Lafourche Crossing founded?

1859

The Lafourche Crossing post office opened in 1859, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lafourche (1919), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 2,427167 years

How historic is Lafourche Crossing?

C+

More historic than 42% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Lafourche Crossing post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Lafourche Crossing’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lafourche Crossing is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns, #70 of 161 in Louisiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lafourche Crossing’s overall grade.
Founding era1859, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19406.8% of homes (±6.5) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%C+National Register2 listings, 7.2 per 10,000 residents · typical LA town 3.8 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 42%
NewerOlder
Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (161)Ahead of 57%

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 Lafourche Crossing’s 7.2 sits near the middle of its state (62% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.5 points). 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 Lafourche Crossing’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lafourche Crossing are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18927 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1998. Watch Lafourche Crossing change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lafourche Crossing’s history is told.

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On the map

Lafourche Crossing on the map, 1892 to 1998

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

Lafourche Crossing on the 1892 USGS mapLafourche Crossing on the 1938 USGS mapLafourche Crossing on the 1940 USGS mapLafourche Crossing on the 1955 USGS mapLafourche Crossing on the 1962 USGS mapLafourche Crossing on the 1980 USGS mapLafourche Crossing on the 1998 USGS map1892Thibodaux 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 Lafourche Crossing.

The story so far

Lafourche Crossing, in brief

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

Lafourche Crossing (also known as Lafourche) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lafourche Crossing had a population of 2,427. Louisiana Highway 1 passes through the community.

Its first post office opened in 1859. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,002 to 2,427 (+21%).

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

Timeline

Lafourche Crossing, 1855 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855BuiltLefort House is built
  3. 1859Post officeThe Lafourche Crossing post office opens
  4. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1919Post officeThe Lafourche Crossing post office closes
  7. 1919Post officeThe Lafourche post office opens
  8. 1955Post officeThe Lafourche post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Lafourche Crossing

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Chatchie Plantation House
Chatchie Plantation HouseLefort House, built 1855
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Renaissance Revival1
Greek Revival1
Chatchie Plantation HouseRenaissance Revival
Lefort HouseGreek Revival · Built 1855

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lafourche Crossing

Nobody well known was born in Lafourche Crossing itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Papa CelestinAmerican jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist … · b. 1884
Walter GuionAmerican politician · b. 1849
Billy TauzinAmerican politician · b. 1943
Charlie MelanconAmerican politician · b. 1947
Pete HermanAmerican boxer · b. 1896
Aaron LoupAmerican baseball player · b. 1987
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Lafourche Crossing had its own post office from 1859 to 1919. Another post office, Lafourche, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lafourche Crossing
1859–1919
Lafourche
1919–1955
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrandywineLafourche

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.

Bayou Country ClubIts storyD

Questions about Lafourche Crossing’s history

What year was Lafourche Crossing founded?

The Lafourche Crossing post office opened in 1859, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Lafourche Crossing rank for history?

Lafourche Crossing is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns, #70 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 Lafourche Crossing?

Two places: the Chatchie Plantation House (listed 1982) and the Lefort House (2008).

How old are the homes in Lafourche Crossing?

7% of Lafourche Crossing’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1990.

Memory lane

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.