The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPine Prairie is a village in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pine Prairie had a population of 1,490.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,610 to 1,490 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pine Prairie 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.
Start Pine Prairie’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Prairie’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Pine Prairie, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Pine Prairie is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pine Prairie has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Evangeline Bank and Trust Company in Ville Platte, 10.7 miles away.
Pine Prairie and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.