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History · St. George

6 of St. George’s places are on the National Register

Below: maps from 1908 on.

6on the National Register
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What stands out about St. George’s past

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

Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s St. George, and 75 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of St. George are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19087 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1992. Watch St. George change.Landmarks on the Register6 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Foreman
1890–1910
Burtville
1892–1932
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Antioch VillaAudubon TerraceBarkley PlaceBeacon HillBell Grove PlaceBluebonnet RidgeBriar PlaceBriarcliffBriarwood EstatesBrookhollow GlenBurtvilleCastilleCastle Ridge EstatesCloverlandCountry ManorDel Rey PlazaElliot AcresForemanForest HillFox RunHendricks Mobile Home ParkHickory RidgeHighland CommunityHighland Crossing
Gone or out of use
Antioch ChurchchurchBurtville Oil FieldoilfieldHarrells FerrycrossingHoo Shoo Too ClublocaleHummingbird FieldairportInterstate Landing StripairportKleinpeters StorelocaleNesser Oil FieldoilfieldNorth Burtville Oil FieldoilfieldRiverside LodgelocaleRosenwald SchoolschoolSaint Bernard SpurlocaleSaint Marks ChurchchurchSiegan Oil FieldoilfieldWoodstock Plantationlocale
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside St. George
CannHarelsonHillmanKleinpeterKnoxRichards Gardens of MemoryWoodlawn Baptist

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

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

St. George on the map, 1908 to 1992

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

St. George on the 1908 USGS mapSt. George on the 1939 USGS mapSt. George on the 1953 USGS mapSt. George on the 1963 USGS mapSt. George on the 1971 USGS mapSt. George on the 1980 USGS mapSt. George on the 1992 USGS map1908Baton Rouge 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 St. George.

The story

How St. George came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of St. George.

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After the French and Indian War ended in 1763, Bayou Manchac (originally known as Rivière d'Iberville or the Iberville River) became an international border between the British (West Florida) and Spanish (Isle of Orleans) colonial territories. This bayou (which now forms the southern border of the City of St. George) runs from the Mississippi River on the west to the Amite River on the east.

Native Americans, specifically the Choctaw, were known to have lived in southeast Louisiana when Europeans first arrived. In 1764, after encroachment by European settlers, the Alabama-Coushatta and Pakana Muscogee Indians migrated into Louisiana, just north of Bayou Manchac.

ChaptersNative American presenceAmerican RevolutionWar of 1812Village St. GeorgePlace names

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

St. George, 1877 to 1932

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877BuiltSanta Maria Plantation House is built
  3. 1890Post officeThe Foreman post office opens
  4. 1892Post officeThe Burtville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1910Post officeThe Foreman post office closes
  8. 1932Post officeThe Burtville post office closes
By decade

St. George, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Census Designated Places to be included in city of2024Census Designated Places to be included in city ofWoodlawn High School, East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana Campus2013Woodlawn High School, East Baton Rouge Parish Louisia…
On the National Register

6 historic places in St. George

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

places listed
6
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
11
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Santa Maria Plantation House
Santa Maria Plantation House, built 1877Audubon Plantation HouseKleinpeter HouseLes Chenes VertsOry HouseJohn and Amelia Sharp Kleinpeter House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival3
French Creole2
Federal1
Santa Maria Plantation HouseGreek Revival · Built 1877
Audubon Plantation HouseGreek Revival
All 6 listings
Kleinpeter HouseBuilding · listed 1986Les Chenes VertsBuilding · listed 1993Ory HouseBuilding · listed 1993John and Amelia Sharp Kleinpeter HouseBuilding · listed 2015

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Baton Rouge74 historic placesAPrairieville3 historic placesCSt. Gabriel3 historic placesCDenham Springs3 historic placesB−GardereIts storyDCentralIts storyD−

Questions about St. George’s history

What is on the National Register in St. George?

6 listings: 6 buildings, among them the Santa Maria Plantation House (listed 1978, the first). 11 historic buildings in all.

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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.