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History · Mangham

Mangham’s post office opened in 1890, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1880 on.

1890first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Mangham began

When was Mangham founded?

1890

The Mangham post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 624136 years
Founding year: the first Mangham post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mangham’s past

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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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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

Mangham, in brief

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

Mangham is a village in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 672 at the 2010 census. Mangham was established in 1890. It is named for Wiley P. Mangham, the publisher of the Richland Beacon-News, a weekly newspaper in Rayville, the seat of Richland Parish.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 672 to 624 (-7%).

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

By decade

Mangham, decade by decade

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

1880s1 item
1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Richland Parish - Mangham - ED 42-3518801950 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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Today4 recent
Veterans Memorial, Mangham, LA IMG 12902008Veterans Memorial, Mangham, LA IMG 1290Mangham, LA, welcome sign IMG 12842008Mangham, LA, welcome sign IMG 1284Downtown Mangham, LA IMG 12872008Downtown Mangham, LA IMG 1287LAMap-doton-Mangham2004LAMap-doton-Mangham
Then & now

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1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Richland Parish - Mangham - ED 42-35
Retake this view1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Richland Parish - Mangham - ED 42-35, 1880

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Questions about Mangham’s history

What year was Mangham founded?

The Mangham post office opened in 1890, 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 (5), 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.