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History · Pleasure Bend

Half of Pleasure Bend’s homes were built after 2006

Most of Pleasure Bend was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2006. Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pleasure Bend’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pleasure Bend are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1998. Watch Pleasure Bend change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pleasure Bend’s history is told.

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On the map

Pleasure Bend on the map, 1892 to 1998

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

Pleasure Bend on the 1892 USGS mapPleasure Bend on the 1932 USGS mapPleasure Bend on the 1941 USGS mapPleasure Bend on the 1962 USGS mapPleasure Bend on the 1980 USGS mapPleasure Bend on the 1998 USGS map1892Lac Des Allemands 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 Pleasure Bend.

The story so far

Pleasure Bend, in brief

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

Pleasure Bend is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 250 as of the 2010 census. In 2020, its population declined to 212.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 250 to 212 (-15%).

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Pleasure Bend

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

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Kid OryAmerican jazz trombonist · b. 1886
Dave BartholomewAmerican musician, bandleader, composer, arrang… · b. 1918
Jared ButlerAmerican basketball player · b. 2000
Roy BourgeoisFounder of the human rights group School of the… · b. 1938
Walter GuionAmerican politician · b. 1849
Billy TauzinAmerican politician · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Golden Star Plantation

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pleasure Bend’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.