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History · Mound

Mound’s post office opened in 1871, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1909 on, and the census since 1940.

1871first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Mound’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Mound began

When was Mound founded?

1871

The Mound post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 145 in 19402020 census: 12155 years
Founding year: the first Mound post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Mound’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1998. Watch Mound change.Old housesHalf of Mound’s homes were built before 1948.
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Start Mound’s collection

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

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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On the map

Mound on the map, 1909 to 1998

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

Mound on the 1909 USGS mapMound on the 1910 USGS mapMound on the 1939 USGS mapMound on the 1963 USGS mapMound on the 1998 USGS map1909Mound 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 Mound.

The story

How Mound came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mound.

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The village took its name from a Native American mound at the original site. In a 2019 feature, local residents and officials noted that Mound was incorporated in c. 1917 and that early activity included a hotel, a general store by the railroad, and a small sawmill east of the settlement.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Mound, 1871 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Mound post office opens
  3. 1898In the archiveMound Louisiana and Delta Louisiana circa 1898
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mound, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
Mound Louisiana and Delta Louisiana circa 18981898Mound Louisiana and Delta Louisiana circa 1898
1900s–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
Mound, Louisiana house2026Mound, Louisiana houseMound Fire District2025Mound Fire DistrictHouse in2025House inLAMap-doton-Mound2004LAMap-doton-Mound
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.

Mound Louisiana and Delta Louisiana circa 1898
Retake this viewMound Louisiana and Delta Louisiana circa 1898, 1898

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

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People over time

Mound, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 145

Between 12 and 145 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

DeltaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mound’s history

What year was Mound founded?

The Mound post office opened in 1871, 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 (5), Wikipedia, 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.