Welcome to Black Bayou ...

So far, we found very little information about Black Bayou. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Black Bayou to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Black Bayou, please Contact Us.

Black Bayou would have been located within present day Caddo Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Black Bayou, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Black Bayou is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Black Bayou was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Black Bayou was located: 318 & 457<4>

Communities Also Named Black Bayou ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Black Bayou - it's located in Mississippi.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Black Bayou.

Communities near Black Bayou ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Black Bayou.

Vivian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vivian is located in Caddo Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,443 people
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Blanchard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blanchard is located in Caddo Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
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Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Bossier Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,092 people
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Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Caddo Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 958 people
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Plain Dealing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plain Dealing is located in Bossier Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plain Dealing <5>
Mooringsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mooringsport is located in Caddo Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 738 people
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Hosston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hosston is located in Caddo Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
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Rodessa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rodessa is located in Caddo Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
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Belcher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belcher is located in Caddo Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
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Ida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ida is located in Caddo Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Black Bayou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Black Bayou.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Black Bayou. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Bayou.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Bayou. See our Newspapers Page for Black Bayou.

Adding Black Bayou to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Black Bayou in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Black Bayou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Black Bayou post office opened in 1874. The Black Bayou post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Black Bayou.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Black Bayou, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Caddo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Black Bayou - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Black Bayou area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Black Bayou area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/