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Welcome to Wills Point ...

Wills Point is located in Plaquemines Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wills Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

A typical abbreviation for Wills Point: Wills Pt.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Wills Point for more information about variations on the name of Wills Point.

Wills Point is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Wills Point: 504

Communities Also Named Wills Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wills Point - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Wills Point ...

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

  • New Orleans
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Gretna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Gretna is located in Jefferson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,615 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <3>
  • Harahan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Westwego
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jean Lafitte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
  • Carlisle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crown Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Monsecour
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Monsecour is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monsecour
  • Stella
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Stella is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
  • Scarsdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wills Point ...

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

Adding Wills Point to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wills Point post office opened in 1914. The Wills Point post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wills Point.

Footnotes ...

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