Its Register listing is the Tacony Plantation House. Most of Minorca was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1922 on.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Minorca is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Minorca’s overall grade.
Louisiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Louisiana town has 3.8 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Minorca’s 7.0 sits near the middle of its state (61% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.4 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Minorca’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Minorca. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1922Natchez 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 Minorca.
The story so far
Minorca, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Minorca yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Minorca is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Minorca had a population of 2,156. It is located in northeastern Concordia Parish, bordered on the east by the city of Vidalia. U.S. Routes 84 and 425 pass through the northern part of the CDP, leading east through Vidalia 5 miles (8 km) to Natchez, Mississippi, and northwest 6 miles (10 km) to Ferriday. The Mississippi state line, following a former channel of the Mississippi River, is directly north of Minorca.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,317 to 2,156 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Minorca is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Minorca?
One place: the Tacony Plantation House (listed 1979).
How old are the homes in Minorca?
0.0% of Minorca’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.4 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1993.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.
