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Welcome to Fredericksburg ...

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

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

Fredericksburg would have been located within present day Caldwell Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fredericksburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fredericksburg is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Fredericksburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Fredericksburg - they are located in California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New Brunswick, Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania (4), Texas and Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Fredericksburg ...

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

  • Winnsboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Olla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 <5>
  • Clarks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Wisner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Gilbert
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Grayson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrisonburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Banks Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
  • Enterprise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise

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

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

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

Adding Fredericksburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fredericksburg post office opened in 1890. The Fredericksburg post office closed in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fredericksburg.

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 Fredericksburg, 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 Caldwell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fredericksburg - 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 Fredericksburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Fredericksburg 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/