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Welcome to Popeville ...

So far, we found very little information about Popeville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Popeville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Popeville, please Contact Us.

Popeville would have been located within present day Washington Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Popeville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Time Zone: The area where Popeville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Popeville was located: 985

Communities Also Named Popeville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Popeville - they are located in Kentucky and Maine.

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

Communities near Popeville ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Popeville to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Popeville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Popeville post office opened in 1890.

We also found Popeville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Popeville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Popeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/