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Unincorporated community in Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States
Grangeville, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
Grangeville, Louisiana is located in LouisianaGrangeville, LouisianaGrangeville, LouisianaShow map of LouisianaGrangeville, Louisiana is located in the United StatesGrangeville, LouisianaGrangeville, LouisianaShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 30°44′33″N 90°50′01″W / 30.74250°N 90.83361°W / 30.74250; -90.83361
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishSt. Helena Parish
Elevation128 ft (39 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code70422
Area code(s)225, 985
GNIS feature ID560885
FIPS code22-31040

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.

References

  1. ^ 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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