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Welcome to Lacour ...

Lacour is located in Pointe Coupee Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lacour, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

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

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

Area Code for Lacour: 225

Communities near Lacour ...

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

  • New Roads
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Simmesport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Francisville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Livonia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Livonia is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,399 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Livonia <3>
  • Melville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fordoche
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Morganza
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Palmetto
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Innis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamsport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Williamsport is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lacour ...

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

Adding Lacour to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lacour post office opened in 1902. The Lacour post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lacour.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Pointe Coupee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lacour - 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/