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Welcome to Lapine ...

Lapine is located in Ouachita Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lapine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Lapine is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lapine: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Lapine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lapine - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Lapine ...

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

  • Monroe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • West Monroe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Richwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
  • Choudrant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Chatham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Eros
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Eros is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eros <4>
  • Downsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Claiborne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
  • Forksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Calhoun
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lapine ...

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

Adding Lapine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lapine post office opened in 1880. The Lapine post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lapine.

Footnotes ...

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