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History · Ashland

Ashland’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Ashland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
11recent photos

The story so far

from the U.S. Census

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 269 to 194 (-28%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ashland yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1955Lillian Dupree 001Commons
1960–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ashland’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLillian Dupree 001, 1955: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Ashland, decade by decade

1950s1 item
Lillian Dupree 001CommonsLillian Dupree 0011955
1960s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album
Today11 photos
Revised photo Hathorn Cemetery (2011) IMG 5069CommonsRevised photo Hathorn Cemetery (2011) IMG 50692011First grave, Hathorn Cemetery, Ashland, LA IMG 2471CommonsFirst grave, Hathorn Cemetery, Ashland, LA IMG 24712011LA Hwy. 153 in Ashland, LA IMG 0064CommonsLA Hwy. 153 in Ashland, LA IMG 00642010Revised photo of Ramah Cemetery gate IMG 2107CommonsRevised photo of Ramah Cemetery gate IMG 21072009Revised photo of Ashland, LA, highway scene IMG 2120CommonsRevised photo of Ashland, LA, highway scene IMG 21202009Graves at Hathorn Cemetery, Ashland, LA IMG 0743CommonsGraves at Hathorn Cemetery, Ashland, LA IMG 07432009Ramah Cemetery, Ashland, LA IMG 1629CommonsRamah Cemetery, Ashland, LA IMG 16292008Highway 153 in Ashland, LA IMG 1627CommonsHighway 153 in Ashland, LA IMG 16272008Hathorn Cemetery homecoming IMG 0220CommonsHathorn Cemetery homecoming IMG 02202008Ashland, LA, entrance sign IMG 1624CommonsAshland, LA, entrance sign IMG 16242008LAMap-doton-AshlandCommonsLAMap-doton-Ashland2004
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Ashland is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ashland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Thomas House in Martin, 5.2 miles away.

Ashland and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Ashland. Tap a dot.
Thomas HouseBriarwoodDog TrotCoushatta Bank BuildingWood ParkCaspiana Plantation Store

Closest to Ashland

Thomas HouseMartin · Built 18555.2miBriarwoodSaline · District7.5miDog TrotLucky · District10.3miCoushatta Bank BuildingCoushatta · Built 189016miWood ParkCoushatta · Building21.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Thomas House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ashland?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ashland’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lillian Dupree 001 (1955) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Martin📜 Saline📜 Castor📜 Lucky

From Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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