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Iberia Parish, Louisiana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
34historic places
—earliest paper
1868formed
69,929pop. 2020
11cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 34 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near New Iberia, Jeanerette, Avery Island.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Louisiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Iberia titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

26 of 34 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

34 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AliceJeaneretteBuilding1984
Avery IslandAvery IslandDistrict2018
BaysideJeaneretteBuilding1987
Broussard, Amant, HouseNew IberiaBuilding1980
Citizens BankJeaneretteBuilding2025
Conrad Rice MillNew IberiaBuilding1982
Downtown New Iberia Commercial Historic DistrictNew IberiaDistrict2017
Dulcito Plantation HouseNew IberiaBuilding1994
East Main Street Historic DistrictNew IberiaDistrict1983
Enterprise PlantationJeaneretteBuilding1975
Episcopal Church of the EpiphanyNew IberiaBuilding1977
Erath, Auguste, BuildingNew IberiaBuilding1995
Evangeline TheaterNew IberiaBuilding1999
First Church of God in ChristJeaneretteBuilding2025
First United Methodist ChurchNew IberiaBuilding1989
Hewes HouseJeaneretteBuilding2005
Jefferson, Joseph, HouseJefferson IslandBuilding1973
LeJeune's BakeryJeaneretteBuilding2003
Lutzenberger Foundry and Pattern Shop BuildingNew IberiaBuilding1998
M.V. SHEHERAZADE (shipwreck and remains)Morgan CitySite2018
Magnolias, TheNew IberiaBuilding1979
MintmereNew IberiaBuilding1980
NEW IBERIA (steamboat) shipwreckNew IberiaStructure2008
New Iberia High SchoolNew IberiaBuilding1994
Olivier StoreLydiaBuilding1982
Pascal BuildingNew IberiaBuilding1985
People's National BankNew IberiaBuilding2006
Romero, Andrew, HouseNew IberiaBuilding1989
Shadows-on-the-Teche NHLNew IberiaBuilding1972
Southern Pacific Railroad DepotNew IberiaBuilding1987
Steamboat HouseNew IberiaBuilding1979
Taylor, John R., DrugstoreNew IberiaBuilding1996
Vida Shaw BridgeLoreavilleStructure2010
Wormser's Department StoreNew IberiaBuilding1995

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Iberia was formed in 1868 (1868-10-30) from St.

IBERIA created from ST. MARTIN and ST. MARY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Iberia Parish population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

73k41k9,0421870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,04216,67629,01526,85537,18340,05951,65763,75273,26669,929

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed
NameLatLon
Avery Island Cemetery29.90323-91.91475
Bayside Cemetery29.93042-91.67822
Broussard Cemetery29.96021-91.90384
Bunk Johnsons Grave30.0052-91.82706
Hope Cemetery29.94319-91.69543
Joseph Cemetery29.90853-91.68816
McGowen Cemetery29.91298-91.66776
Mount Calvary Baptist Cemetery29.90537-91.66184
Mount Zion Number 1 Baptist Cemetery30.04944-91.73131
Saint John the Evangelist Cemetery29.91345-91.67203
Saint Joseph Cemetery29.92252-91.80166
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Gondron30.08576-91.7265
Gonsoulin30.04631-91.74734
John30.05215-91.71595
Shaw30.05159-91.6915

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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