Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
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Beauregard Parish History

The parish of Beauregard was not created until 1912 by a group of businessmen from DeRidder, Sugartown and Merryville, and was named after Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, a Confederate general and one of the designers of the Confederate Battle Flag.

The parish seat is DeRidder.

At least four tribes lived in Beauregard Parish around the time it was founded. One was about six miles south of Sugartown on Indian Branch, another was just north of the old W.B. Welborn home on Bundick Creek, another was along the mouth of Anacoco Creek and another at Merryville, across the street from where Merryville High School now stands.

The July 26, 1924, the DeRidder Enterprise stated: "The first house in DeRidder was made of logs and covered with board shingles, split by hand from the logs of the forest. It was constructed in 1893 and was the old homestead house of Calvin Shirley, who was the original owner of the land upon which the first business house and residence of DeRidder were built. Mr. Shirley homesteaded the 160 acres which was later platted and became the original townsite of DeRidder."

Photo by DanielCD  CC BY SA 3.0
Beauregard Courthouse in 2005

Cities and Towns
Bancroft * Bon Ami * Carson * Center Hill * DeRidder * Fields
Longville * Ludington * Merryville * Singer * Sugartown * Wye

Unincorporated Communities
Dry Creek * Graybow * Junction * Ragley

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Jan 2025: Sick List News: ALRED, GIBSON; Ads: LOVE, MOODY, ROLLER; Visiting News: CHISM, GUILD, WEST, SUMMERAL, JONES, DUPRE, ALRED, GIBSON, NELSON, JACOBS, WELBOURN, NICHOLS, FRUSHA, ROY, RICHARDSON, JONES, DEWE, FLETCHER

Oct 2024: Death News: HANCHEY; Crime News: JONES

Jun 2024: Marriage News: EUBANKS, HARPER; Sick List News: DUFFELL; Visiting News: MOORE, ROBERTS, MCNEESE, ILES, HARRIS

Jan 2024: History: Sugartown, History: Old Campground; History: Beauregard Parish Jail; Execution News: GENNA, BRASSEAUX; School News: 1926 - all graduates of the 7 schools of Beauregard Parish

Sept 2023: Marriage News: NIX, THOMPSON; Death News: BADEN, GRANBERRY; Visiting News: CAGLE; Crime News: ALLEN; News: Newspapers of Beauregard Parish

May 2023: Death News: RAMZY, WOLTERS, PAXSON, BROWN, WADE, DUNAURD, DUBOIS, HOLLAND, NANCE, JOHNSON;  Marriage News: FIEDA, INZERILLA, KEES, FRAZIER, McCLAMROCH, DICKENS, NICHOLS, PATTERSON, REID, DAVIS; Sick List News: KEES, 1905 Yellow Fever Epidemic; Crime News: THOMPSON, HOBGOOD, REYNOLDS, CRADY, HOGG; History: 1914 Parish Overview; Biographies: TOOKE, FLEMING, KNIGHT

Jan 2023: Death News: MILLER, BISHOP; Marriage News: STUART, DURHAM, MADDOX, DERAMUS; Military: World War 2 Army Casualties

Previous Updates:WW2 Enlistments.  Marriage announcement for MILLER-WILLIAMS;  Gossip news for BLESSINGTON, OLIVIER, DENTON.  Crime news for RICE, PEARCE, SWIFT, DEASON, PATE

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Surrounding Parishes and Counties
Vernon Parish (north)
Allen Parish (east)
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