Most of North Vacherie was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 1990.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, North Vacherie is more historic than 40% 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 North Vacherie’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 North Vacherie’s 84.0 sits above most of its state (88% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 16 historic buildings outnumber those of 78% 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 (±1.5 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 North Vacherie’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 North Vacherie. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1892Mount Airy 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 North Vacherie.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Oubre, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
North Vacherie, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of North Vacherie yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
North Vacherie is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Vacherie had a population of 2,093. Vacherie was noted in the 2000 census as being the town with the least mobility of all in the United States.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,346 to 2,093 (-11%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
North Vacherie, 1892 to 1914
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
North Vacherie is more historic than 40% 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 North Vacherie?
One place: the Laura Plantation (listed 1993).
How old are the homes in North Vacherie?
0.0% of North Vacherie’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1983.
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, 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.
