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Grangeville, Louisiana

Grangeville is an unincorporated community in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located northwest of Pine Grove and west of Montpelier.

Etymology

In 1916 the built a line that terminated in the community. The railroad was being used for transporting local timber southeast to a large sawmill in Natalbany. A local barn was converted into a cooperative business that housed a general store, blacksmith, two doctors, a pharmacy and a brickyard. The railroad named the community after the barn that was converted into a store. The name of the community is borrowed from the word ' which means 'barn' and is derived from Old French.

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