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Welcome to Ville Platte ...The city of Ville Platte is located in Evangeline Parish<1> and is the Parish Seat for Evangeline Parish. Ville Platte was established in 1846. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Ville Platte has a population of 7,045 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Ville Platte is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Ville Platte lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Ville Platte is within the boundaries of the (337) area code. The ZIP code for Ville Platte: 70586<4> Websites for Ville Platte ...Official Website: www.vpla.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Ville Platte had an population of 7,045 people. This is a decrease of 5.18% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 13.51% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Ville Platte had a population of 7,430 people (or 21.88% of the total population of Evangeline Parish). This makes Ville Platte the parish's most populous community. The population of Ville Platte represents 0.16% of the total population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 49th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 7,430 people, the population of Ville Platte decreased 8.78% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 8,145 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Ville Platte. Communities Also Named Ville Platte ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Ville Platte: This one is located in Evangeline Parish and the other is located in Saint Landry Parish. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ville Platte. Communities near Ville Platte ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ville Platte.
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 Ville Platte. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ville Platte. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ville Platte. 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 Ville Platte. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ville Platte. See our Newspapers Page for Ville Platte. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ville Platte ...Looking for more information about Ville Platte? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Ville Platte, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ville Platte. Adding Ville Platte to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ville Platte 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 for Ville Platte was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ville Platte. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Ville Platte: www.vpla.com/ The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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