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History · Lucky

Lucky’s post office opened in 1905

Most of Lucky was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 1980.

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How Lucky began

When was Lucky founded?

1905

The Lucky post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 370 in 19802020 census: 251121 years
Founding year: the first Lucky post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Lucky, in brief

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

Lucky is a village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lucky had a population of 251.

Its first post office opened in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 272 to 251 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Lucky, 1905 to 1947

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Lucky post office opens
  3. 1924Post officeThe Lucky post office closes
  4. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Lucky, decade by decade

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On the map

Lucky on the map, 1947 to 1986

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

Lucky on the 1947 USGS mapLucky on the 1986 USGS map1947Bienville 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 Lucky.

People over time

Lucky, census by census

0100200300400198020002020Peak: 370

Between 251 and 370 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Lucky had its own post office from 1905 to 1924.

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19001960today
1cemetery inside Lucky
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Lucky’s history

What year was Lucky founded?

The Lucky post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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), 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.