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Welcome to New Verda ...

New Verda is located in Grant Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Verda, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

New Verda is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for New Verda: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near New Verda ...

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

  • Natchitoches
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Winnfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Colfax
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Montgomery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Natchez
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Clarence
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dry Prong
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Atlanta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Whitford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Whitford is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Verda ...

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

Adding New Verda to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the New Verda post office opened in 1905. The New Verda post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Verda.

Footnotes ...

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