The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSarepta is a town in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sarepta had a population of 717. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 891 to 717 (-20%). Half of its homes were built before 1967.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sarepta 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 Sarepta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sarepta’s history is told.
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Sarepta, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Sarepta is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sarepta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hodges House in Cotton Valley, 5.3 miles away.
Sarepta 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 (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.