TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
DeLisleGood night
History · DeLisle

DeLisle’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of DeLisle. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old images & papers
0recent photos

The story

from WikipediaRead it all ↗

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville was chosen by Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, Louis XIV's minister of Marine, to establish a French colony in the area. On d'Iberville's second trip to the Gulf in 1699-1700, d'Iberville was accompanied by the accomplished royal cartographer, Compte Guillaume Delisle. During this expedition, they charted and named Bayou Portage, Bayou Arcadia, and Bayou Delisle.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Be one of the first

Start DeLisle’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how DeLisle’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to DeLisle

See all 21 →
Eric RobertsEric RobertsBiloxi · 20 miFred HaiseFred HaiseBiloxi · 20 miBelladonnaBelladonnaBiloxi · 20 miBrett FavreBrett FavreGulfport · 13 miLBLaura BaileyBiloxi · 20 miIsrael BroussardIsrael BroussardGulfport · 13 mi
By decade

DeLisle, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in DeLisle is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean DeLisle has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cuevas Rural Historic District in Pass Christian, 4 miles away.

DeLisle and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = DeLisle. Tap a dot.
Cuevas Rural Historic DistrictJ.W. Randolph SchoolTurkey Creek Community Historic DistrictScenic Drive Historic DistrictOld Bay St. Louis Historic DistrictBeach Boulevard Historic District

Closest to DeLisle

Cuevas Rural Historic DistrictPass Christian · District4miJ.W. Randolph SchoolPass Christian · Building4.6miTurkey Creek Community Historic DistrictPass Christian · Bungalow/Craftsman4.9miScenic Drive Historic DistrictPass Christian · District5.1miOld Bay St. Louis Historic DistrictBay St. Louis · District5.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Cuevas Rural Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in DeLisle?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to DeLisle’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Diamondhead📜 Pass Christian📜 Bay St. Louis📜 Long Beach
We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in DeLisle, MSView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

DeLisle is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/19 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map