The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSun is a village in the northeastern corner of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 470 at the 2010 census, and 392 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 470 to 392 (-17%). Half of its homes were built before 1991.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sun 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 Sun’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sun’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Sun, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Sun is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sun has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tammany House in Abita Springs, 8.5 miles away.
Sun 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.