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History · Lillie

Lillie’s post office opened in 1899

Most of Lillie was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1970.

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How Lillie began

When was Lillie founded?

1899

The Lillie post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 160 in 19702020 census: 111127 years
Founding year: the first Lillie post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lillie’s past

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

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The story so far

Lillie, in brief

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

Lillie is a village in Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lillie had a population of 111. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to a 2007 report Lillie was named one of the 10 worst speed traps in the state of Louisiana. Lillie made 85.59% of its revenue, an average of roughly $508 per capita population, from fines and forfeitures in the 2005 fiscal year.

Its first post office opened in 1899. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 118 to 111 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Lillie, 1899 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Lillie post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1911Born hereBob Madison is born here
  5. 1932Born hereBilly Hagan is born here
  6. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Lillie, decade by decade

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On the map

Lillie on the map, 1951 to 2003

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

Lillie on the 1951 USGS mapLillie on the 1968 USGS mapLillie on the 1985 USGS mapLillie on the 2003 USGS map1951Bernice 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 Lillie.

People over time

Lillie, census by census

0100198020002020Peak: 172

Between 111 and 172 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Lillie

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

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Billy HaganAmerican racing driver · b. 1932
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Bob MadisonAmerican baseball player · b. 1911
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Lillie’s post office has been open since 1899.

Gone or out of use
Lillie Middle Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Lillie
Union Grove

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

Questions about Lillie’s history

What year was Lillie founded?

The Lillie post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (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.