Welcome to Kents Store ...

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

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

Kents Store would have been located within present day East Feliciana Parish<2>.

The location of Kents Store has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kents Store, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Kents Store is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Kents Store still existed, it would have been in the (225) area code.

Communities Also Named Kents Store ...

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

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

Communities near Kents Store ...

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

• Jackson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <5>
• Clinton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <5>
• Centreville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centreville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
  • Centreville is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centreville <5>
• Slaughter
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slaughter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
  • Slaughter is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slaughter <5>
• Greensburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
  • Greensburg is located in Saint Helena Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 644 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greensburg <5>
• Wilson
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
  • Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <5>
• Norwood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
  • Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <5>
• Woodland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
  • Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
• Coleman Town
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleman Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
  • Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
• Blairstown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blairstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
  • Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish

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

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

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

Adding Kents Store to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kents Store 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 for Kents Store was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Kents Store on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kents Store.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/