History · Fenton

Fenton’s history is
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Fenton has received notoriety because of the village's use of the police department to write speeding tickets. Fines and forfeitures account for funding 92% of the village's budget, the highest rate in Louisiana.

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Before
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Fenton

1 place in Fenton is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Louisianaby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1994first listedSilas J. Fenton House

Where they are

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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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