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Richland Parish

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Richland Parish History
Richland Parish was created on September 29,1868 , from Ouachita, Carroll, Franklin and Morehouse Parishes.
The Parish seat is Rayville.
The first parishwide public library in the State of Louisiana was built in 1925 by the Lambda Kappa Club of Rayville. R.R. Rhymes donated the original building in memory of his wife, Nonnie Roark Rhymes.

Certain sections of land now in Richland Parish were included in the land grants of Baron de Bastrop de Maison Rouge, whose obligation it was to bring settlers into the area. These lands in Richland marked the eastern extremity of Batstrop's grant of over a million acres, which had made him the largest property holder in the Louisiana Territory.

Photo by Billy Hathorn CC BY SA 3.0

Richland Parish Courthouse in 2010

Cities and Towns
~ Delhi ~ Rayville (parish seat) ~ Mangham ~ Start

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Parish Records
Biographies	Birth Records
Cemeteries	Census Records
Church Records	Parish Records
Death Records	Family Records
History Topics	Marriage Records
Military Records	Miscellaneous Data
Newspaper Gleanings	Obituaries and Death Notices
School Records	Wills/ Probate Records
WEBSITE UPDATES: Feb 2025: Death News: THARP; Marriage News: GALLAWAY, DANCY, PEEBLES, CONGER, COLEMAN, JONES, STEWART, HORN, BODIN, SCOTT Oct 2024: Community News; Newspapers: Richland Beacon-News, MANGHAM, FAULK Jun 2024: Deaths: 1878 Yellow Fever Deaths; Death News: BISHOP; Marriage News: SARTOR, FRENCH, GILLY, AMERY, NELSON, HANKS; Visiting News: HARROLD, MUNHOLLAND, MYERS, WRIGHT, EASON, SPENCER, STOTTS, LOWERY, EDWARDS, BALFOUR, VICKERS, MATHEWS, BOWMAN, DORSEY, WILLIAMS, POLK Jan 2024: Military: 1890 Veterans Schedule; Marriage News: BINION, MANGHAM, OVERBY, NELSON; Crime News: WILLIAMS, BURROUGHS, ROBINSON, BROCK; Death News: BURROUGHS Sept 2023: History: 1914 Historical Overview; News: Newspapers of Richland Parish; Ads: NEWHALL, BOATNER, MONTGOMERY, WELLS, TOLER, MCGEE, MCBRUMBY, MCKELVY, MANGHAM, JONES May 2023: Marriage News: RAMSEY, ROBBINS, SPENCER, WHITTINGTON, SOREY, CHENNAULT, VILLARD, CHAPMAN; Death News: HERMAN, COLLINS, READ, JONES, BRADLEY, NELSON; Calamity News: MYRICK; Crime News: HERMAN, GINN, MCDONALD, LANDIS, CARRUTH, REESE, MANNING, RILEY, BARRY; Community News; Parish Records: 1876 Parish Officers; Ads: LAMKIN, EGGLESTON, WELLS, POTTS, MONTGOMERY, HUDSON, TODD, BRIGHAM, PETTIT, ASTON; Calamity News: RUHMAN; Weather News Jan 2023: Marriage News: BLACKFORD, CRISLER; Military: 1883 Pensioners, Korean War Casualties, Vietnam War Casualties

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Surrounding Parishes and Counties
Morehouse Parish (north)
West Carroll Parish (northeast)
East Carroll Parish (northeast)
Madison Parish (east)
Franklin Parish (southeast)
Caldwell Parish (southwest)
Ouachita Parish (west)

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