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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>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kents Store, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've 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.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Kents Store was located: 225

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)
    • Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <4>
  • Clinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
  • Centreville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Slaughter
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Greensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Wilson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <4>
  • Norwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <4>
  • Woodland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
  • Coleman Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
  • Chipola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola

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 (so far) for Kents Store was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

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 Kents Store, 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 East Feliciana, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kents Store - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.