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Sun’s post office opened in 1851

Most of Sun was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 1960.

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How Sun began

When was Sun founded?

1851

The Sun post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 224 in 19602020 census: 392175 years

Founding year: the first Sun post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sun’s past

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The story so far

Sun, in brief

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Sun is a village in the northeastern corner of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 470 at the 2010 census, and 392 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1851. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 470 to 392 (-17%).

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

By decade

Sun, decade by decade

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On the map

Sun on the map, 1942 to 1983

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

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

People over time

Sun, census by census

Between 224 and 471 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

Sun’s post office has been open since 1851.

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sun

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

Questions about Sun’s history

What year was Sun founded?

The Sun post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (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.

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