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Welcome to Cloverdale ...

Cloverdale is located in Rapides Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cloverdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Cloverdale is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cloverdale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cloverdale: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Cloverdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Cloverdale: This one is located in Rapides Parish and the other is located in Bossier Parish.

Beyond Louisiana, there are 61 communities that are also named Cloverdale - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky (2), Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Vermont, Virginia (5), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cloverdale ...

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

  • Alexandria
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pineville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Ball
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <4>
  • Glenmora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Lecompte
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodworth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Boyce
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cheneyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Creola
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Creola is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Creola has also been known as:
    • Creola village

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 Cloverdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cloverdale.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cloverdale. 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 Cloverdale.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cloverdale ...

Looking for more information about Cloverdale? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cloverdale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cloverdale.

Adding Cloverdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cloverdale in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cloverdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cloverdale post office opened in 1902. The Cloverdale post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cloverdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Rapides, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cloverdale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Cloverdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Cloverdale area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/