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Welcome to Florenville ...

Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Florenville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Florenville is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Florenville: 985

Communities near Florenville ...

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

  • Slidell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <3>
  • Mandeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Picayune
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Picayune is located in Pearl River County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <3>
  • Covington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Abita Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Pearl River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Madisonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Sun
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <3>
  • Browns Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
  • Huntwyck Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Huntwyck Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck 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 Florenville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Florenville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Florenville ...

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

Adding Florenville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Florenville 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 Florenville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Florenville post office opened in 1888. The Florenville post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Florenville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Saint Tammany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Florenville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/