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Welcome to Gansville ...

Gansville is located in Winn Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gansville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Gansville is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gansville: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Gansville ...

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

  • Jonesboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Winnfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hodge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Goldonna
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • North Hodge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • North Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hodge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
  • Dodson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • East Hodge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Saline
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Lucky
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lucky is located in Bienville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Calvin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gansville ...

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

Adding Gansville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gansville post office opened in 1873. The Gansville post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gansville.

Footnotes ...

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