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Livingston Parish, Louisiana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
15historic places
—earliest paper
1832formed
142,282pop. 2020
75cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 15 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near French Settlement, Denham Springs, Springfield.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 15 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

15 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Brown Hotel and CafeDenham SpringsBuilding2015
Carter PlantationSpringfieldBuilding1979
Castleberry Boarding HousePort VincentBuilding2001
Decareaux HouseFrench SettlementBuilding1992
Denham Springs City HallDenham SpringsBuilding1993
Denham Springs Commercial Historic DistrictDenham SpringsDistrict2018
Deslattes HouseFrench SettlementBuilding2003
Guitreau HouseFrench SettlementBuilding1992
Hungarian Settlement SchoolAlbanyBuilding2001
Livingston Parish Courthouse, OldSpringfieldBuilding1989
Lobell, Adam, HouseFrench SettlementBuilding1992
Macedonia Baptist ChurchHoldenBuilding1980
Settoon, Luther V. and Josie N., HouseSpringfieldBuilding2022
St. Margaret Catholic ChurchAlbanyBuilding1992
Walker High SchoolWalkerBuilding2000

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Livingston was formed in 1832 (1832-03-30) from St.

LIVINGSTON created from ST. HELENA. LIVINGSTON creation initially authorized on 10 Feb 1832, boundaries not defined until this date.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Livingston Parish population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

142k72k2,3151840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,3154,4315,2588,10011,64317,79020,05426,97458,80691,814142,282

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

75 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 75 of 75 listed
NameLatLon
Albany Hungarian Presbyterian Church Cemetery30.46795-90.57276
Amite Baptist Church Cemetery New30.54485-90.9693
Bankston Cemetery30.51571-90.70504
Bankston Cemetery30.59953-90.61225
Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery30.49519-90.58038
Bethlehem Cemetery30.33352-90.58731
Blount Cemetery30.4356-90.79081
Blount Cemetery30.43546-90.79092
Bradford Cemetery30.62786-90.62083
Carters Cemetery30.41658-90.57703
Causey Cemetery30.6124-90.70009
Chambers Cemetery30.51794-90.966
Colyell Baptist Cemetery30.3912-90.77087
Courtney Cemetery30.51649-90.67865
Davidson Cemetery30.31825-90.57536
Davidson Cemetery30.33186-90.66814
Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery30.50043-90.95707
Drumwright Cemetery30.52168-90.68631
Efferson Cemetery30.43459-90.6387
Felder Cemetery30.37359-90.8671
Galilee Cemetery30.44274-90.56774
Goodwill Cemetery30.26757-90.75802
H Stafford Cemetery30.52573-90.78965
Hebron Cemetery30.41574-90.91621
Herring Cemetery30.59452-90.64171
Hoover Cemetery30.60921-90.61059
Howze Cemetery30.55881-90.70772
Hutchinson Cemetery30.53367-90.62592
James Chapel Cemetery30.47103-90.61512
John Lanier Cemetery30.61294-90.80331
Judson Cemetery30.53811-90.85992
Kinchen Cemetery30.50133-90.626
Lard Cemetery30.53361-90.69604
Live Oak United Methodist Cemetery30.57481-90.95521
Mack Cemetery30.53583-90.74923
Mack Cemetery30.5449-90.71467
Maurepas Cemetery30.29519-90.64925
McCray Cemetery30.63286-90.91595
McDonald Cemetery30.51658-90.71594
McKinney Cemetery30.36213-90.59703
McLin Cemetery30.45921-90.69747
Minton Cemetery30.48114-90.86201
New Bethlehem Cemetery30.61704-90.87919
Newsom Cemetery30.57508-90.97491
Oliphant Cemetery30.60685-90.64398
Palmetto Cemetery30.48918-90.87553
Pennington Cemetery30.34166-90.63298
Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery30.33893-90.71823
Plainview Cemetery30.5379-90.96688
Plainview Church Cemetery30.43467-90.85922
Red Oak Cemetery30.49243-90.74117
Redding Cemetery30.34851-90.63589
S Stafford Cemetery30.52851-90.81589
Saint James United Methodist Church Cemetery30.42147-90.53784
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery30.29633-90.79378
Saint Margaret Cemetery30.47195-90.58141
Saint Mark Baptist Cemetery30.49441-90.86123
Saint William Catholic Cemetery30.33297-90.85009
Salem Cemetery30.62348-90.84496
Sand Hill Cemetery30.64558-90.84432
Satsuma Baptist Cemetery30.49949-90.80174
Schroeder Cemetery30.3513-90.57758
Sibley Cemetery30.53848-90.81035
Smiley - Davidson Cemetery30.42068-90.70506
Springfield Cemetery30.43134-90.55108
Stafford Cemetery30.57623-90.69912
Tucker Cemetery30.32991-90.62259
Vickers Cemetery30.5724-90.85775
Wagner Cemetery30.5306-90.58261
Walker Baptist Cemetery30.48102-90.86133
Watson Cemetery30.33254-90.84232
Wheat Cemetery30.42893-90.77821
Womack Cemetery30.55213-90.9676
Zeigler Cemetery30.43378-90.70174
Zion Hill Cemetery30.57685-90.57453
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Little River30.59574-90.57565
Van Buren30.43575-90.67204
Yawn30.61741-90.5937

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

Historical markers

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