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History · Schriever

Schriever’s post office opened in 1885, and 4 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 37% of U.S. towns · #75 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it

Most of Schriever was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: 8 old photos and papers, maps from 1892 on, and the census since 1990.

1885first post office
4on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
8old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Schriever’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Schriever began

When was Schriever founded?

1885

The Schriever post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 4,958 in 19902020 census: 6,711141 years

How historic is Schriever?

C+

More historic than 37% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Schriever post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Schriever’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Schriever is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns, #75 of 161 in Louisiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Schriever’s overall grade.
Founding era1885, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19401.5% of homes (±1.1) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register4 listings, 9 historic buildings, 13.5 per 10,000 residents · typical LA town 3.8 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 37%
NewerOlder
Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (161)Ahead of 54%

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 Schriever’s 13.5 sits above most of its state (70% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 9 historic buildings outnumber those of 75% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share (±1.1 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Schriever’s past

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

On the map since 18924 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1998. Watch Schriever change.Lost villages6 hamlets and corners are still on the map.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · On the map

Schriever on the map, 1892 to 1998

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

Schriever on the 1892 USGS mapSchriever on the 1963 USGS mapSchriever on the 1980 USGS mapSchriever on the 1998 USGS map1892Gibson 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 Schriever.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Schriever’s post office has been open since 1885.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Acadian VillaCountry HollowIsle of CubaJohnson RidgeMagnoliaTaylors Mobile Home Park

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

On the National Register

4 historic places in Schriever

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
9
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
St. George Plantation House
St. George Plantation HouseArmitage, built 1852Ducros Plantation HouseMagnolia
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival4
St. George Plantation HouseGreek Revival
ArmitageGreek Revival · Built 1852
Ducros Plantation HouseGreek Revival
All 4 listings
MagnoliaBuilding · listed 1983

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Schriever, in brief

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

Schriever is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,711 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. The community was named for railroad official John George Schriever (1844–1898) during the 1870s opening of the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad line to Houma.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 6,853 to 6,711 (-2%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Schriever, 1852 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852BuiltArmitage is built
  3. 1885Post officeThe Schriever post office opens
  4. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1912Born hereSid Gautreaux is born here
  7. 1925Born hereSherman A. Bernard is born here
  8. 1940In the archiveBoys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La. Cajun children in a bayou near the school. Terreb…
By decade

Schriever, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s8 items
Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La. Cajun children in a bayou near the school. Terrebonne, a Farm Security Administ…1940Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La. Cajun childre…Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La1940Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, LaBoys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La.1a34360v1940Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La.1a34360vBoys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La.1a34362v1940Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La.1a34362vBoys fishing in a bayou1940Boys fishing in a bayouSchriever Louisiana House Cistern 19401940Schriever Louisiana House Cistern 1940SchrieverHouseMPW19401940SchrieverHouseMPW1940SchrieverLASchool19401940SchrieverLASchool1940
1950s–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

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.

Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La. Cajun children in a bayou near the school. Terrebonne, a Farm Security Administ…
Retake this viewBoys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La. Cajun children in a bayou near the school. Terrebonne, a Farm Security Administ…, 1940

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

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People over time

Schriever, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0005,5006,0006,5007,0007,50020002020Peak: 6,853

Between 4,958 and 6,853 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Schriever

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Sid GautreauxAmerican baseball player · b. 1912
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Sherman A. BernardAmerican politician in Louisiana · b. 1925
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Finish Schriever’s story

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBoys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La.…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Thibodaux23 historic placesB+Bayou BlueIts storyDGrayIts storyC−

Questions about Schriever’s history

What year was Schriever founded?

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

How does Schriever rank for history?

Schriever is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns, #75 of 161 in Louisiana. 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 Schriever?

4 listings: 4 buildings, among them the St. George Plantation House (listed 1982, the first). 9 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Schriever?

2% of Schriever’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.1 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1994.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (8), the National Register of Historic Places (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.