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West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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3historic places

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1877formed

9,751pop. 2020

4cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Oak Grove, Delhi.

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 West Carroll titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Fiske Theatre	Oak Grove	Building	2014
Oak Grove Community House	Oak Grove	Building	2016
Poverty Point National Monument NHL	Delhi	Site	1966

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

West Carroll was formed in 1877 (1877-03-26) from Carroll, which was eliminated.

WEST CARROLL created from CARROLL (extinct), which was eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

West Carroll Parish population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,776	3,685	8,857	19,252	17,248	14,177	12,922	12,314	9,751

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.
Poverty Point National Monument	Park unit	17.8 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

4 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bethany Cemetery	32.66617	-91.40225
Forest Cemetery	32.7754	-91.41067
New Forest Cemetery	32.77015	-91.41559
Wilson Cemetery	32.69893	-91.40481

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
Goodrich'S Landing	12,524	26.5 km	LA014

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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Search HMdb for West Carroll County, Louisiana

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