The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSimsboro is a village in western Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Simsboro had a population of 803. It is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Two 20th-century lawmakers who were natives of Simsboro are interred at Simsboro Cemetery: State Representatives L.D. "Buddy" Napper, who served from 1952 to 1964, and practiced law for a half-century in Ruston, and Ragan Madden, who left the House in 1949 to become the five-term district attorney of the 3rd Judicial District. A 19th Century lawmaker who lived in Simsboro was Representative George M. Lomax, who in 1894 introduced the enabling legislation, Act 68, to establish the future Louisiana Tech Univ…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 841 to 803 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Simsboro 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Simsboro’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Simsboro’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewClaiborne Hotel Courts sign, west…, 1982: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Simsboro, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsSimsboro, LA, welcome sign IMG 26752011
CommonsRevised Simsboro, LA, Town Hall IMG 26782011
CommonsWeyerhaeuser in Simsboro, LA IMG 36392010
CommonsSimsboro, LA, Village Hall IMG 36422010
CommonsSimsboro, LA, High School IMG 36412010
CommonsRagan Madden Park in Simsboro, LA IMG 36442010
CommonsJ.R.'s Place in Simsboro, LA IMG 36432010
CommonsLAMap-doton-Simsboro20041 historic place in Simsboro
1 place in Simsboro is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Claiborne Hotel Courts sign, west of Simsboro (1982) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (9) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.