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Welcome to New Roads ...The city of New Roads is located in Pointe Coupee Parish<1> and is the Parish Seat for Pointe Coupee Parish. While we don't have a date for the founding of New Roads, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. From the Census Estimates for 2019, New Roads has a population of 4,461 people<2> (see below for details). New Roads is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: New Roads lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time New Roads is located in the (225) area code. The ZIP code for New Roads: 70760<4> Websites for New Roads ...Official Website: www.newroads.net/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, New Roads had an population of 4,461 people. This is a decrease of 7.66% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 10.17% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, New Roads had a population of 4,831 people (or 21.19% of the total population of Pointe Coupee Parish). This makes New Roads the parish's most populous community. The population of New Roads represents 0.11% of the population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 67th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 4,831 people, the population of New Roads decreased 2.72% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,966 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for New Roads. Communities near New Roads ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Roads.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Roads. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Roads. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Roads. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Roads. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Roads. See our Newspapers Page for New Roads. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Roads ...Looking for more information about New Roads? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for New Roads, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for New Roads. Adding New Roads to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of New Roads in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Roads was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found New Roads in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for New Roads. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for New Roads: www.newroads.net/ The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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