The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusQuitman is a village in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Quitman had a population of 160. Quitman is 15 miles (24 km) south of Ruston on U.S. Highway 167, and 9 miles (14 km) north of Jonesboro, the parish seat of Jackson Parish. It is also adjacent to the Jackson Bienville Wildlife Area. Quitman is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area. East of Quitman is the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle, a gospel meeting hall. Behind the tabernacle are the grave sites of former Governor Jimmie Davis and his first wife, née Alvern Adams. Davis was born and reared in the area in the since abandoned Beech Springs community.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 181 to 160 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Quitman 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Quitman’s history is told.
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Quitman, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Quitman is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Quitman has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hunt, John S., and Martha McGill Stewart, House in Hodge, 5.5 miles away.
Quitman 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.