History · Gray

Gray’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Gray. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Gray is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The population was 5,518 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 5,584 people in 2010, 5,518 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1987.

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

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Gray is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Gray has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ardoyne Plantation House in Gray, 2.9 miles away.

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. Ardoyne Plantation House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Gray?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Gray’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

From Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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