Grangeville, Louisiana

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Grangeville, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Grangeville, Louisiana
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Grangeville, Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°44′33″N90°50′01″W / 30.74250°N 90.83361°W / 30.74250; -90.83361
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish St. Helena Parish
Elevation
[1]
128 ft (39 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
70422
Area code(s) 225, 985
GNIS feature ID560885 [1]
FIPS code 22-31040

Grangeville is an unincorporated community in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) northwest of Pine Grove and 11 miles (18 kilometres) west of Montpelier.

Etymology

In 1916 the New Orleans, Natalbany and Natchez Railway built a line that terminated in the community. The railroad was being used for transporting local timber 28 miles (45 kilometres) southeast to a large sawmill in Natalbany. A local barn was converted into a cooperative business that housed a general store, blacksmith, two doctors, a pharmacy and a brickyard. The railroad named the community after the barn that was converted into a store. The name of the community is borrowed from the word grange which means 'barn' and is derived from Old French. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grangeville, Louisiana
  2. ↑ Clare D’Artois Leeper (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. pp. 280–. ISBN   978-0-8071-4740-5.
  3. ↑ Louisiana. Railroad Commission (1920). Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Louisiana. pp. 1–.
  4. ↑ Tony Howe; David S. Price. "Mississippi Rails" . Retrieved December 7, 2019.


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