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Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

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40historic places

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1807formed

37,515pop. 2020

64cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 40 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Natchitoches, Natchez, Melrose.

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 Natchitoches titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

25 of 40 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

40 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Badin-Roque House	Natchez	Building	1980
Briarwood	Saline	District	2016
Cane River Creole National Historical Park	Natchez	District	1994
Carnahan Store	Cloutierville	Building	1995
Caspiana Plantation Store	Natchitoches	Building	1992
Cedar Bend Plantation	Natchez	Building	1988
Cherokee Plantation	Natchitoches	Building	1973
Church of St. Anne	Allen	Building	1994
City Hotel	Marthaville	Building	1993
Cloutier, Alexis, House	Cloutierville	Building	1974
Drake’s Salt Works Archaeological District	Goldonna	District	2022
Fish Hatchery 2 Site	Natchitoches	Site	2005
Flora Commissary	Flora	Building	2011
Fredericks Site	Clarence	Site	2000
Jones House	Melrose	Building	1993
Jones, Jerry, House	Melrose	Building	2002
Jones, John Carroll, House	Natchez	Building	2000
Keegan House	Natchitoches	Building	1990
Keegan House	Robeline	Building	1995
Kisatchie School	Provencal	Building	2022
Los Adaes NHL	Robeline	Site	1978
Los Adaes (Boundary Increase) NHL	Robeline	Site	1993
Magnolia Plantation NHL	Derry	Building	1979
Maison De Marie Therese	Bermuda	Building	1979
Melrose Plantation NHL	Melrose	District	1972
Narcisse Prudhomme Plantation	Natchitoches	Building	1976
Natchitoches Historic District NHL	Natchitoches	District	1974
Natchitoches Historic District (Boundary Increase) NHL	Natchitoches	District	1980
Normal Hill Historic District	Natchitoches	District	1980
Northwestern State University Historic District	Natchitoches	District	2014
Oaklawn Plantation	Natchez	Building	1979
President's Home, Northwestern State University	Natchitoches	Building	1984
Prud'homme, Jean Pierre Emmanuel, Oakland Plantation NHL	Natchez	Building	1979
Robeline Methodist Church	Robeline	Building	1988
Southern Cotton Oil Mill	Natchitoches	District	2017
St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery	Natchez	District	2014
St. Matthew High School	Melrose	Building	2005
Texas and Pacific Railroad Depot	Natchitoches	Building	1987
Vallery, Jacquitte, Cabin	Chopin	Building	2018
Women's Gymnasium, Northwestern State University	Natchitoches	Building	1984

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Natchitoches was formed in 1807 (1807-04-14) from unknown / original county.

NATCHITOCHES Parish created within Natchitoches County. The creation of parishes did not abolish the 12 counties established on 10 Apr 1805. Counties existed for taxing and electoral purposes, while parishes took over jurisdiction of judicial matters.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Natchitoches Parish population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,870	7,486	14,350	16,699	19,707	33,216	38,602	40,997	38,144	35,653	39,863	39,080	37,515

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Cane River Creole National Historical Park	Park unit	9.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

64 cemeteries and 12 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 64 of 64 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
American Cemetery	31.75433	-93.09072
Antioch Cemetery	31.55411	-93.22816
Antioch Cemetery	31.50406	-93.22822
Bay Spring Cemetery	31.46683	-92.85932
Bayou Blue Cemetery	31.6405	-93.13709
Beasley Cemetery	31.46906	-93.11571
Bethany Cemetery	31.96154	-93.21183
Billy Dowden Cemetery	31.39406	-93.21877
Booty Cemetery	31.40823	-93.15544
Botton Cemetery	31.46294	-92.96237
Calvert Cemetery	31.47933	-92.8207
Campti Cemetery	31.91857	-93.10471
Catholic Cemetery	31.76146	-93.09217
Cedar Cemetery	31.58764	-93.25512
De Blieux Cemetery	31.82529	-93.07799
Dowen Cemetery	31.53624	-93.11098
Emmanuel Cemetery	31.48493	-92.90617
Fern Park Cemetery	31.77241	-93.10256
Folly Cemetery	31.39989	-93.1446
Foshee Cemetery	31.54686	-93.24623
Friendship Cemetery	31.60166	-93.18465
Goldonna Cemetery	32.02877	-92.90626
Gorum Cemetery	31.42461	-92.94737
Hardamon Cemetery	31.54812	-93.21387
Hathorn Cemetery	32.12321	-93.11488
Hawthorne Cemetery	31.63348	-93.18197
Hawthorne Cemetery	31.6335	-93.18183
Jackson Cemetery	31.56533	-93.16789
Key Cemetery	31.43684	-93.09682
Kile Cemetery	31.41239	-93.1271
Lee Cemetery	31.71055	-93.03824
Marce Cemetery	31.50767	-92.7832
Martin Cemetery	31.70627	-93.19597
McCartney Cemetery	31.78579	-93.3965
Memory Lawn Cemetery	31.78965	-93.08477
Moss Cemetery	31.52597	-93.19823
Mount Carmel Cemetery	31.74057	-93.35302
Nativity Cemetery	31.89327	-93.12388
New Kisatchie Cemetery	31.4135	-93.16988
Old Bellwood Cemetery	31.49517	-93.19266
Old Kisatchie Cemetery	31.42906	-93.20516
Old River Hill Cemetery	31.64796	-93.06762
Pace Cemetery	31.84035	-92.9708
Ramah Cemetery	32.12626	-93.09932
Red Rock Cemetery	31.57859	-93.30006
Robeline Cemetery	31.68377	-93.30433
Roberts Cemetery	31.59672	-93.15184
Russell Cemetery	31.81279	-93.08947
Russell Cemetery	31.81294	-93.0896
Russell Cemetery	31.5554	-93.05696
Saint Annes Cemetery	31.81494	-93.29617
Saint Lukes Cemetery	31.80227	-93.19612
Saint Pauls Cemetery	31.88751	-93.42467
Shiloh Cemetery	31.66246	-93.2187
Smith Cemetery	31.81377	-93.07575
Smith Cemetery	31.81377	-93.07599
Stewart Cemetery	32.05738	-93.05766
Truer Cemetery	31.4935	-93.20016
Tucker Cemetery	31.81167	-93.02705
Tucker Cemetery	31.81156	-93.02923
Vascocu Cemetery	31.6499	-93.1264
Weaver Cemetery	32.04682	-93.05432
Weaver Cemetery	31.6235	-93.10794
Zion Cemetery	31.96802	-93.18863

Historical populated places — 12 of 12

Name	Lat	Lon
Adois	31.69461	-93.31823
Caspari	31.87988	-93.05127
Clear Lake	31.88183	-92.96155
Cockfield	31.63267	-92.91266
Cognac	31.64572	-92.95516
Hagen	31.85572	-93.071
Henryville	31.54795	-92.96516
Knightville	31.68489	-93.13628
Los Adaes	31.70822	-93.29323
Oshkosh	32.02988	-92.99238
Red Dirt	31.50739	-93.03544
Williams Corner	31.66878	-92.92905

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Blair'S Landing	899	29.6 km	LA020
Monett 'S Ferry	3,639	34.9 km	LA021

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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