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Welcome to Manifest ...

Manifest is located in Catahoula Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Manifest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Manifest is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Manifest: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Manifest ...

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

  • Jena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jena is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jena <4>
  • Jonesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Harrisonburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Aimwell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rhinehart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Utility
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
  • Trinity
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
  • Midway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Midway is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Chevey Chase
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
  • Rosefield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Manifest ...

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

Adding Manifest to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Manifest post office opened in 1874. The Manifest post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manifest.

Footnotes ...

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