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History · Longville

Longville’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Longville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2015. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1935 on.

1906first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Longville began

When was Longville founded?

1906

The Longville post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 545120 years
Founding year: the first Longville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Longville’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Longville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Longville, in brief

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

Longville is a census-designated place in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Longville had a population of 545. Longville has four schools: South Beauregard Lower Elementary, South Beauregard Upper Elementary, South Beauregard Junior High, and South Beauregard High School, which are all on one campus.

Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 635 to 545 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Longville, 1850 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louisiana - Beauregard County - ED 6-7, E…
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Longville post office opens
  5. 1934Born hereDan McCorquodale is born here
  6. 1934Born hereBob McCoy is born here
  7. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Longville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1850s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louisiana - Beauregard County - ED 6-7, ED 6-8, ED 6-9, ED 6-10, ED 6-1…18501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louis…
On the map

Longville on the map, 1935 to 1994

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

Longville on the 1935 USGS mapLongville on the 1947 USGS mapLongville on the 1961 USGS mapLongville on the 1986 USGS mapLongville on the 1994 USGS map1935Longville sheet · 1:31,680

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Longville.

Then & now

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1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louisiana - Beauregard County - ED 6-7, ED 6-8, ED 6-9, ED 6-10, ED 6-1…
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louisiana - Beauregard County - ED 6-7, ED 6-8, ED 6-9, ED 6-10, ED 6-1…, 1850

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Longville

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

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Dan McCorquodaleAmerican politician · b. 1934
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Bob McCoyAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1934
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Longville’s post office has been open since 1906.

Gone or out of use
Longville High SchoolschoolRiley Spurlocale

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

Questions about Longville’s history

What year was Longville founded?

The Longville post office opened in 1906, 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, 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.