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Welcome to Neita ...

Neita is located in Saint Landry Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Neita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Neita is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Neita: 337

Communities near Neita ...

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

  • Simmesport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cottonport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Melville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Moreauville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Morganza
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Plaucheville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Palmetto
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Odenburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Odenburg is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odenburg
  • Elba
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Neita ...

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

Adding Neita to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Neita post office opened in 1898. The Neita post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Neita.

Footnotes ...

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