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.
Grangeville, Louisiana | |
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  Grangeville, Louisiana  Grangeville, Louisiana | |
| Coordinates: 30°44′33″N 90°50′01″W / 30.74250°N 90.83361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | St. Helena Parish |
| Elevation | 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 ID | 560885[1] |
| FIPS code | 22-31040 |
Etymology edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grangeville, Louisiana
- ^ 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.
- ^ Louisiana. Railroad Commission (1920). Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Louisiana. pp. 1–.
- ^ Tony Howe; David S. Price. "Mississippi Rails". Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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