Pipesville Post Office, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 8/2004


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Early Postmasters of Pipesville Post Office, Union Parish Louisiana
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SOURCE:
Records of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 – September 30, 1971, located in the 
National Archives, identifed as Record Group 28, Microfilm Publication M841, 
Reels #51 & 52. 

T. D. Hudson transcribed this information from the original records and donated 
it to the Union Parish Archives in August 2004. 

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PIPESVILLE POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
     24 August 1858

HISTORY OF PIPESVILLE POST OFFICE:
     Permanently closed on 20 July 1860

POSTMASTERS:

William Pipes, 24 Aug 1858 - 19 July 1860

     [Office permanently closed on 20 July 1860.]


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COMMENTS:

#1
William Pipes was a very early Union Parish settler. He was probably closely 
related to Abraham Pipes, likely his son or nephew. Abraham Pipes had served in 
the Louisiana militia during the War of 1812. The Pipes lived south of 
Bayou D'Arbonne in what is now Lincoln Parish, settling there quite early. 
William Pipes made numerous land purchases in the area that now straddles 
the Union/Lincoln Parish line, including most of the region surrounding 
the community of D'Arbonne on Louisiana Highway #33 from Farmerville to 
Ruston. He owned property in what is now both parishes, but was then 
only in Union.

#2
Although I have found no documentation of such, it appears that William 
Pipes lived in the center of a small community that was known as 'Pipesville'. 
By 1860, he was certainly one of the wealthiest men of the region. He most 
likely established the Pipesville Post Office near his primary residence, 
which by all appearances was on the spot of the modern community of 
D'Arbonne on Louisiana Highway #33, just a about 0.2 miles from the 
Lincoln Parish line in Section 33, Township 33 North, Range 1 West.

#3
Based upon the above, it appears that the Post Offices of Pipesville and 
D'Arbonne (established on 22 March 1880) were in the same exact location.



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