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Scott’s post office opened in 1883, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 27% of U.S. towns · #96 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it

Most of Scott was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Its Register listing is the Bank of Scott. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1946 on, and the census since 1910.

1883first post office
1on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
5famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Scott’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Scott began

When was Scott founded?

1883

The Scott post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1907.

First census: 239 in 19102020 census: 8,119143 years

How historic is Scott?

C

More historic than 27% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Scott post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1907.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Scott’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Scott is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #96 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 Scott’s overall grade.
Founding era1883, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19402.7% of homes (±1.9) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register1 listing, 1.2 per 10,000 residents · typical LA town 3.8 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 27%
NewerOlder
Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (161)Ahead of 41%

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 Scott’s 1.2 sits near the middle of its state (44% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±1.9 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1907.

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 Scott’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 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages7 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Scott’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewEntrance closed bank: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Scott’s post office has been open since 1883.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Acadian Acres Mobile Home ParkChester Domingue Mobile Home ParkLandall Mobile EstatesLantier Mobile Home ParkShorts Mobile EstatesThibodeaux Mobile Home ParkWarren Landry Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Begnaud SchoolschoolGuidroz SchoolschoolJudice Gas Fieldoilfield

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

The story

How Scott came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Scott.

Read it all →

In 1902, Gabby Anderson built a western-style saloon to serve as "an exclusive, all-men's bar and a meeting place for old folks." His reason for the saloon is because he believed "this is where the West begins." However, it is believed that the slogan started because Scott was where eastern train fare rates ended and western train, referred to as the "West Line", fare rates began.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Scott, 1883 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Scott post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1938In the archiveEntrance closed bank
  5. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1950Born hereZachary Richard is born here
  7. 1951Born hereMichael Doucet is born here
  8. 1977Born hereJoe Fontenot is born here
  9. 1980Born hereBlair Herter is born here
By decade

Scott, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s3 items
Entrance closed bank1938Entrance closed bankBuilding1938BuildingUntitled photo, possibly related to: Building1938Untitled photo, possibly related to: Building
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.
Add from your album
Today3 recent
MIM PHX 2011-04-26 0180 edited12011MIM PHX 2011-04-26 0180 edited1Bookshop in Scott Louisiana, January 20092009Bookshop in Scott Louisiana, January 2009LAMap-doton-Scott2004LAMap-doton-Scott
On the map

Scott on the map, 1946 to 1994

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

Scott on the 1946 USGS mapScott on the 1955 USGS mapScott on the 1971 USGS mapScott on the 1983 USGS mapScott on the 1994 USGS map1946Lafayette sheet · 1:31,680

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Scott.

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.

Entrance closed bank
Retake this viewEntrance closed bank, 1938

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

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

1 historic place in Scott

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2016
Bank of Scott
Bank of Scott
Buildings
Bank of ScottBuilding

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

People over time

Scott, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 8,614

Between 239 and 8,614 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Scott

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

See all →
Zachary RichardAmerican musician, singer and poet · b. 1950
M
Michael DoucetAmerican musician · b. 1951
Blair HerterAmerican television personality · b. 1980
J
Joe FontenotAmerican baseball player · b. 1977
S
Stryker TrahanAmerican baseball player · b. 1994
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lafayette28 historic placesB+

Questions about Scott’s history

What year was Scott founded?

The Scott post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1907.

How does Scott rank for history?

Scott is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #96 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 Scott?

One place: the Bank of Scott (listed 2016).

How old are the homes in Scott?

3% of Scott’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.9 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1988.

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 (3), the Library of Congress (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.