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History · Morganza

Morganza’s post office opened in 1885

Most of Morganza was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: 6 old photos and papers from 1850 on.

1885first post office
0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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Quick answers

How Morganza began

When was Morganza founded?

1885

The Morganza post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1908. Another post office, Morganzia (1847), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 525141 years
Founding year: the first Morganza post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1908.The full story ↓
The story

How Morganza came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Morganza.

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Morganza takes its name from Morganza Plantation, the antebellum holding of Charles Morgan, an early surveyor, political figure and first American sheriff of Pointe Coupee Parish. Morgan, the son of James Morgan from a town of the family's name in Sayreville, New Jersey, and a captain in the Second Regiment of the Middlesex County (N.J.) militia during the Revolutionary War. Evidence indicates he was involved in the transfer of slaves from New Jersey to Louisiana in conflict with New Jersey law. The U.S. Post Office opened in 1847, closed some years later, and reopened in 1899. Members of the Campbell family held the position of postmaster until 1970. The town was not incorporated until 1908.

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Timeline

Morganza, 1847 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1847Post officeThe Morganzia post office opens
  3. 1850In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louisiana - Pointe Coupee County - ED 39-…
  4. 1861In the archiveCamp at Morganza Bend (Louisiana)
  5. 1873Post officeThe Morganzia post office closes
  6. 1885Post officeThe Morganza post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1938In the archiveFarmer's wife washing clothes and watching son at same time. Note construction of house. …
By decade

Morganza, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1850s–1860s3 items
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louisiana - Pointe Coupee County - ED 39-1, ED 39-2, ED 39-3, ED 39-4, …18501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louis…Morganzia on Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River in 18581858Morganzia on Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi …Camp at Morganza Bend (Louisiana)1861Camp at Morganza Bend (Louisiana)
1930s3 items
Farmer's wife washing clothes and watching son at same time. Note construction of house. Near Morganza, Louisiana. Mrs.…1938Farmer's wife washing clothes and watching son at sam…Farmer's wife washing clothes, near1938Farmer's wife washing clothes, nearNegro boy sitting on sugarcane truck1938Negro boy sitting on sugarcane truck
1940s–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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Then & now

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

1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louisiana - Pointe Coupee County - ED 39-1, ED 39-2, ED 39-3, ED 39-4, …
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Louisiana - Pointe Coupee County - ED 39-1, ED 39-2, ED 39-3, ED 39-4, …, 1850

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Famous people

Famous people close to Morganza

Nobody well known was born in Morganza itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Linda Thomas-GreenfieldAmerican diplomat · b. 1952
Lester YoungAmerican jazz saxophonist · b. 1909
Norma McCorveyPlaintiff in Roe v. Wade · b. 1947
Lindy BoggsAmerican politician · b. 1916
Frank BrianAmerican basketball player · b. 1923
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William Grant StillAmerican composer · b. 1895
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Morganza’s post office has been open since 1885. Another post office, Morganzia, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Morganzia
1847–1873
Morganza
1885–today
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Morganza Landing
Gone or out of use
Morganza Elementary Schoolschool

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

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Finish Morganza’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Questions about Morganza’s history

What year was Morganza founded?

The Morganza post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1908.

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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 (6), 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.