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Welcome to Duty ...

Duty is located in Catahoula Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Duty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Duty is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Duty: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Duty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Duty - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Duty ...

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

  • Olla
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <4>
  • Clarks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Wisner
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Gilbert
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Grayson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sicily Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
  • Columbia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrisonburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
  • Extension
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Extension is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Duty ...

Looking for more information about Duty? 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 Duty, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Duty.

Adding Duty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Duty 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 Duty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Duty post office opened in 1905. The Duty post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Duty.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Catahoula, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Duty - 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 Duty area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Duty 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/