TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
NobleGood evening
History · Noble

Noble’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Noble. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old images & papers
1recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Noble is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Noble had a population of 200.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 252 to 200 (-21%). Half of its homes were built before 1989.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Noble 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.

Be one of the first

Start Noble’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Noble’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Famous people from NobleWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in Noble.Meet them →
By decade

Noble, decade by decade

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.
📷 Add from your album
Today1 photo
LAMap-doton-NobleCommonsLAMap-doton-Noble2004
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Noble is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Noble has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kansas City Southern Depot, Zwolle in Zwolle, 4.7 miles away.

Noble and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Noble. Tap a dot.
Kansas City Southern Depot, ZwolleMcNeely HotelKansas City Southern Railway DepotSabine High SchoolOliphant HouseCity Hotel

Closest to Noble

Kansas City Southern Depot, ZwolleZwolle · Built 19144.7miMcNeely HotelMany · Building14.4miKansas City Southern Railway DepotMany · Building14.5miSabine High SchoolMany · Building14.8miOliphant HouseMilam · Building15.9mi

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. Kansas City Southern Depot, Zwolle’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Noble?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Noble’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

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

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Zwolle📜 Converse📜 Huxley📜 Pleasant Hill

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

The porch light’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Noble, LAView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Noble is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map