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History · Maringouin

Maringouin’s post office opened in 1902

Most of Maringouin was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1919 on, and the census since 1910.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Maringouin’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Maringouin began

When was Maringouin founded?

1902

The Maringouin post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 447 in 19102020 census: 891124 years
Founding year: the first Maringouin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Maringouin’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,365 in 1970; 891 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Maringouin’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maringouin’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Maringouin, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,400192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,365

Peaked at 1,365 in 1970; 891 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Maringouin, in brief

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

Maringouin is a town in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,098 at the 2010 census, down from 1,262 at the 2000 census. At the 2020 population estimates program, its population was 966. It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,098 to 891 (-19%).

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

Timeline

Maringouin, 1902 to 1988

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Maringouin post office opens
  3. 1924Born hereEric Guerin is born here
  4. 1927In the archiveFloods - Mississippi River Flood
  5. 1943Born hereKent Ford is born here
  6. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 1,365
  8. 1988In the archiveLeroy James Ventress
By decade

Maringouin, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
Floods - Mississippi River Flood1927Floods - Mississippi River Flood
1930s–1970snothing 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.
Add from your album
1980s1 item
Leroy James Ventress1988Leroy James Ventress
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.
Add from your album
Today2 recent
Maringouin (Louisiana)2014Maringouin (Louisiana)LAMap-doton-Maringouin2004LAMap-doton-Maringouin
On the map

Maringouin on the map, 1953 to 1992

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

Maringouin on the 1953 USGS mapMaringouin on the 1969 USGS mapMaringouin on the 1992 USGS map1953Maringouin sheet · 1:24,000

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

Every building

Maringouin, building by building, 1919

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Maringouin fire insurance map, 1919, sheet 11919Sheet 1 of 1
Sheets
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Floods - Mississippi River Flood
Retake this viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood, 1927

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Maringouin’s page.

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Maringouin

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

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Eric GuerinAmerican jockey · b. 1924
Kent FordAmerican civil rights activist, founder of the … · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Maringouin’s post office has been open since 1902.

Gone or out of use
Tanglewood PlantationlocaleWoodlawn Plantationlocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Maringouin
Immaculate Heart of MarySaint Stephens EpiscopalSweet Home Baptist

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

Questions about Maringouin’s history

What year was Maringouin founded?

The Maringouin post office opened in 1902, 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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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.