Official Name: | Grangeville, Louisiana |
Pushpin Map: | Louisiana#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | St. Helena Parish |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 128 |
Coordinates: | 30.7425°N -90.8336°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 70422 |
Area Code: | 225, 985 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 560885 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 22-31040 |
Grangeville is an unincorporated community in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 5miles northwest of Pine Grove and 11miles west of Montpelier.
In 1916 the New Orleans, Natalbany and Natchez Railway built a line that terminated in the community. The railroad was being used for transporting local timber 28miles southeast to a large sawmill in Natalbany. A local barn was converted into a cooperative business that housed a general store, blacksmith, two doctors, a pharmacy and a brickyard. The railroad named the community after the barn that was converted into a store. The name of the community is borrowed from the word grange which means 'barn' and is derived from Old French.[1] [2] [3]