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Rapides Parish, Louisiana

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85historic places

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1807formed

130,023pop. 2020

108cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 85 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Alexandria, Pineville, Boyce.

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 Rapides titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

64 of 85 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

85 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alexander State Forest Headquarters Building	Woodworth	Building	1987
Alexandria Garden District	Alexandria	District	2001
Alexandria Hall-Louisiana College	Pineville	Building	1986
Alexandria National Cemetery	Pineville	Site	1997
Alexandria Post-War Suburbs Historic District	Alexandria	District	2013
Alexandria Public Library, Old	Alexandria	Building	1989
Alexandria Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Pineville	District	2012
Bailey's Dam Site	Alexandria	Site	1976
Bayouside	McNutt	Building	1980
Bennett Plantation House	Alexandria	Building	1979
Bentley Hotel	Alexandria	Building	1979
Blanchard House	Boyce	Building	1982
Bland House	Alexandria	Building	1985
Bohemian Community Hall	Libuse	Building	2018
Bolton High School	Alexandria	Building	1984
Bolton, James Wade, House	Alexandria	Building	1979
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, House	Alexandria	Building	1993
Boyce Methodist Church	Boyce	Building	2013
Britt Place	Glenmora	Building	1980
Byram, J.E., House	Alexandria	Building	2016
Carnahan House	Boyce	Building	1995
Central Louisiana State Hospital Dairy Barn	Pineville	Building	1986
Central Louisiana State Hospital Historic District	Pineville	District	2025
Chickama	Lecompte	Building	2016
China Grove	Gardner	Building	1984
Commercial Building	Alexandria	Building	1978
Cook House	Alexandria	Building	1979
Cottingham House	Pineville	Building	1987
Crowell Sawmill Historic District	Long Leaf	District	1993
Dellmon, Myrtle Groves Huie, House	Alexandria	Building	2017
Downtown Alexandria Commercial Historic District	Alexandria	District	2018
Eden	Gardner	Building	1984
Emmanuel Baptist Church	Alexandria	Building	2001
First Methodist Church	Alexandria	Building	1980
First United Methodist Church	Alexandria	Building	2015
Fort Buhlow	Pineville	Site	1981
Fort Randolph	Pineville	Site	1981
Gemiluth Chassodim Synagogue	Alexandria	Building	2014
Geneva	Alexandria	Building	1984
Guaranty Bank, Park Avenue Branch	Alexandria	Building	2013
Hemenway Furniture Co. Building	Alexandria	Building	1983
Hirsch, Mayer, House	Alexandria	Building	1979
Hope	Gardner	Building	1984
Inglewood Plantation Historic District	Alexandria	District	1988
Island Home	Gardner	Building	1984
Jones, Wade H., Sr., House	Meeker	Building	1987
Kent Plantation House	Alexandria	Building	1971
Lamourie Lock	Lecompte	Structure	1994
Lecompte High School	Lecompte	Building	1992
Long, Huey P., Memorial Hospital	Pineville	District	2015
Longview	Gardner	Building	1984
Loyd Hall Plantation	Cheneyville	Building	1977
Masonic Building	Alexandria	Building	1986
Masonic Home for Children	Alexandria	Building	1987
McGill, Dr. Robert E.	Alexandria	Building	2000
McNutt Rural Historic District	McNutt	District	1988
McNutt School	Boyce	Building	1997
Meeker Sugar Refinery	Meeker	Building	1987
Melady House	Alexandria	Building	1996
Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery	Pineville	Building	2000
Myrtlewood	Pineville	Building	2012
Old LSU Site	Pineville	Site	1973
Old Pineville Town Hall	Pineville	Building	2024
Pegram Plantation House	Lecompte	Building	2003
Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building	Alexandria	Building	1980
Rapides Cemetery	Pineville	Site	1979
Rapides Opera House	Alexandria	Building	1981
Rapides Parish Library	Alexandria	Building	2016
Rosalie Plantation Sugar Mill	Alexandria	Building	1976
Rose Cottage	Pineville	Building	1983
Rugg Elementary School	Alexandria	Building	2001
Schnack, C.A., Jewelry Co. Store	Alexandria	Building	2000
Shiloh Baptist Church	Alexandria	Building	2024
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral	Alexandria	Building	1980
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Complex (Boundary Increase)	Alexandria	Building	1984
St. John Baptist Church	Lecompte	Building	1982
St. Philip's Episcopal Church	Boyce	Building	2012
Tioga Commissary	Tioga	Building	1986
Trinity Episcopal Church	Cheneyville	Building	1980
Tyrone Plantation	Alexandria	Building	2019
US Post Office and Courthouse-Alexandria	Alexandria	Building	2000
Veterans Administration Medical Center	Alexandria	Building	1986
Walker, Morgan, House	Alexandria	Building	1987
Walnut Grove	Cheneyville	Building	1980
Welcek Farmstead	Kolin	Building	1985

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

RAPIDES Parish created within Rapides County. The creation of parishes did not abolish the 12 counties established on 10 Apr 1805. The 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

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

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,200	6,065	14,132	25,360	23,563	39,578	59,444	73,370	90,648	111,351	135,282	126,337	130,023

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

108 cemeteries and 19 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 108 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alexander Memorial Gardens	31.18657	-92.50541
Alexandria National Cemetery	31.3224	-92.43235
Anandale Cemetery	31.25096	-92.47262
B'nai Israel Cemetery	31.33379	-92.41346
Ball Cemetery	31.29449	-92.759
Ballard Cemetery	31.07379	-92.4268
Bethel Cemetery	30.94	-92.74353
Boyce Cemetery	31.39371	-92.68118
Bradford Cemetery	31.37295	-92.12596
Burlew Cemetery	31.3524	-92.14412
Burns Cemetery	31.21684	-92.78053
Burrough Cemetery	31.23573	-92.66875
Butters Cemetery	31.01437	-92.52656
Camp Ground Cemetery	31.29629	-92.6993
Campbell Cemetery	31.25149	-92.24282
Campbell Creek Cemetery	31.38278	-92.79845
Campground Cemetery	31.05107	-92.62707
Carnahan Cemetery	31.44656	-92.77769
Carnal Cemetery	31.08241	-92.46763
Christians Cemetery	31.02123	-92.28874
Cloverdale Cemetery	31.1774	-92.47707
Craig Cemetery	31.30718	-92.30487
Czech National Cemetery	31.28619	-92.29628
Dark - Neal Cemetery	31.37274	-92.725
Deloges Cemetery	31.44628	-92.71181
Deville Cemetery	31.35671	-92.12351
Dewill Cemetery	31.25139	-92.72723
Doyle Cemetery	31.05171	-92.82699
Dyer Cemetery	31.24629	-92.72736
Figgins Cemetery	31.22029	-92.42035
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum	31.37499	-92.40523
Garden of Memories Cemetery	31.28462	-92.43957
Glenmora Cemetery	30.9688	-92.5968
Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery	31.34018	-92.42207
Hardshell Cemetery	31.23239	-92.77791
Hawkins Cemetery	31.1224	-92.44818
Hill Cemetery	31.35857	-92.80653
Holly Oak Cemetery	31.32629	-92.4143
Holt Cemetery	31.19657	-92.77681
Hooper Cemetery	31.31979	-92.27564
Indian Creek Cemetery	31.09488	-92.49995
James Cemetery	31.36892	-92.72793
Jewish Cemetery	31.3169	-92.44002
Johnson Cemetery	30.95557	-92.58557
Knight Cemetery	31.40081	-92.77525
Labat Cemetery	31.37761	-92.48605
Lacour Cemetery	31.44323	-92.70486
Lecompte Cemetery	31.07213	-92.42707
Liberty Hill Cemetery	31.01465	-92.51749
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery	31.32281	-92.41071
Linzay Cemetery	31.07768	-92.41408
Lofton Cemetery	31.37906	-92.28263
Lone Star Cemetery	31.08805	-92.76591
Marler Cemetery	31.22146	-92.70655
Martin Springs Cemetery	31.08213	-92.47985
Maryhill Seminary Cemetery	31.3599	-92.42596
Mathews Cemetery	31.06268	-92.41402
McNutt Cemetery	31.30438	-92.65917
McNutt Hill Cemetery	31.30268	-92.66097
Meeker Cemetery	31.04554	-92.40725
Melder Cemetery	30.99966	-92.65811
Methodist Cemetery	31.31756	-92.44092
Moore Cemetery	31.02268	-92.52253
Mount Olivet Cemetery	31.31823	-92.43985
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	31.13574	-92.26707
Newell Cemetery	31.3674	-92.22151
Newlight Cemetery	31.36125	-92.53338
Nichols Cemetery	31.25076	-92.74897
Noel Cemetery	31.30545	-92.87404
Occupy Number One Cemetery	30.97278	-92.81938
Old Wise Cemetery	31.15001	-92.45471
Osburn Willis Cemetery	30.92449	-92.68801
Paul Cemetery	31.36224	-92.15353
Paul Cemetery	31.05184	-92.45383
Peart Cemetery	31.24667	-92.34874
Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery	31.32625	-92.28378
Pierce Cemetery	31.21518	-92.23985
Pisgah Cemetery	31.03189	-92.45638
Pisgah Church Cemetery	31.2393	-92.81572
Rocky Hill Cemetery	30.98397	-92.53401

Historical populated places — 19 of 19

Name	Lat	Lon
Fitzgerald	31.10824	-92.50847
Graham	31.30713	-92.5607
Hobson	31.03047	-92.44875
Kincaid	31.28852	-92.61098
Lyles	31.03741	-92.34458
Magda	31.13963	-92.28346
Milford	31.25657	-92.7057
Muse	31.22185	-92.79737
Oden	31.11463	-92.50625
Odom	31.36601	-92.75432
Pinegrove	31.19463	-92.23624
Richland	31.1663	-92.31458
Sartori	31.01963	-92.39097
Stonewalls	31.18491	-92.29596
Thomas	31.40935	-92.34763
Valde Rouge	31.12241	-92.50375
Vortex	31.08963	-92.51514
Wises	31.23407	-92.3418
Witchwood	31.02602	-92.32235

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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