are listed here. Please feel free to contribute
regarding an area in the parish.
Note: Distances and locations given are approximate, and "as the crow flies."
Louisiana is the only state in the union to have parishes instead of counties so all CR (county road) designations say PR (parish road).
Place Name |
Location/Description |
| Acme | On PR 129; SW portion of parish |
| Argent | Northern Eastern-most portion of parish on Maxwell Rd. |
| Armagh | On PR 129, mid-western portion of parish |
| Athlone | On US Hwy 84 near western edge of parish. |
| Ballina | On PR 566, SE of Dunbarton, near northern edge of parish. |
| Bayou Cocodrie Nat'l Wildlife Refuge | 13,104 acre bottomland hardwood refuge - access Hwy 15. Write Bayou Cocodrie, P.O. Box 1772, Ferriday, LA 71334 |
| Black Hawk | On PR 15, southern portion of parish. |
| Bougere | On MS River, just off PR 15, south of Deer Park |
| Canebrake & Canebrake Plantation | Northern portion of parish, just off MS River on Maxwell Rd. |
| Clayton | (Formerly known as Trivia.) Northern edge of Parish on the Tensas River. Northern terminus of US 65. |
| Crosby | Off PR 15, south of Deer Park |
| Deer Park | On MS River, south of Vidalia on PR 15. |
| Delhi Plantation | North East portion of Parish on Maxwell Rd. |
| Delhoste | At PR 129 & Black Hawk - Acme Levee Road, southern part of parish. |
| Dunbarton | Northern edge of parish, on PR 566, Dunbarton Levee Rd. On the Tensas River. |
| Elkhorn | On PR 566, south of Dunbarton |
| Esperance Landing | On MS River, south of Vidalia - Due east of Deer Park |
| Eva | On PR 129 at local road 907 - western boundary of parish |
| Fairview | South of Deer Park off PR 15. Near MS River |
| Ferriday | - |
| Frogmore | On US 65/84, west of Ferriday - at Junction of PR 566. |
| Gibson Landing | Northern portion of parish on MS River off PR 569 and Maxwell Rd. |
| Helena | Was located very close to
Ferriday. Location of the Concordia Lumber Company from the 1890s
to about 1904, operating a post office called Hulda. Thanks to Louis Crawford for contributing this information. |
| Hole In The Wall Plantation | Northern portion of parish on Maxwell Rd, just west of MS River |
| Hulda | See Helena |
| Lake Concordia | A 1,000 acre MS River oxbow lake near Ferriday, that has been cut-off from backwater which it once received from the MS River. One of the two trophy-bass lakes in the state of LA. |
| Lake St. John | Northern-most portion of parish just west of MS River. A 2,100 acre MS River oxbow lake. Relatively shallow, with most of the water less than 20 feet deep. |
| Lismore | Near western boundary of parish on PR 565 |
| Mileston Forks | On PR 3196, northern portion of parish near MS River |
| Minorca | On US HWY 65/84, west of Vidalia |
| Monterey | On PR 129 at PR 565 - west side of parish. An un-incorporated farming community of about 1800 residents. |
| Moro | On US Hwy 84 |
| Morville | On MS River, south of Vidalia |
| New Era | On PR 129, western
portion of parish. No longer a town, but an area known as New Era. See also: Donnelly Lake |
| Plantations | . |
| Point Breeze | Southern most portion of parish on Grand Bay, off PR 15 |
| Red Gum | Northern Edge of Ferriday on Cty Rd 900 |
| Red River WMA | Wildlife Management Area - 17,804 acres in lower end of parish - access Hwy 15 |
| Ridgecrest | Off US HWY 65/84, between Ferriday and Vidalia |
| Saint Genevieve | On MS River, south of Vidalia |
| Shaw | On PR 15 at northern edge of Grand Bay, southern-most part of parish. |
| Stacy | On US Hwy 84, at northern junction of PR 129. |
| Sycamore | On US HWY 65/84, east of Ferriday |
| Taconey | On US HWY 65/84, just west of Vidalia |
| Three Rivers WMA | Wildlife Management Area - 23,061 Acres lower end of Parish. Access Hwy 15. For information contact: LA Wildlife Dept 318-757-4571 |
| Trivia (Old) | Renamed "Clayton" in 1890 |
| Union Point | On MS River PR 15, south of Deer Park |
| Vidalia - Parish Seat | On Mississippi River - Across from Natchez, MS. Named after Don Jose Vidal. Officially named by a legislative act in 1811. Incorporated by a special act of the legislature on Mar. 16, 1870. The town was moved completely, about 1 mile back, in 1940 when the U.S. Corps of Engineers set back the levee in a flood prevention program. On Sept. 26, 1940, a bridge opened, linking Natchez and Vidalia. Prior to that, ferries transported travelers across the Mississippi River. |
| Wildsville | Near western edge of parish on US Hwy 84 - Just east of the Black River |
| Willetts | On MS River, south of Vidalia |
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