The Estherwood area had two earlier names, Tortue, after the Indian chief, and Coulée Trief or Trive. Landmarks include Ellis Hoffpauir House.
- CountyAcadia Parish
- Population694 (2020 U.S. Census)
- Historic places1 on the National Register
Estherwood, Louisiana gifts and souvenirs: 21 designs made from Estherwood's own map, landmarks and history, from $10 to $95. Printed to order and shipped free in the USA.
| Popular | Price |
|---|---|
| Estherwood Hometown Ornament | $23 |
| Estherwood Vintage Travel Poster | from $40 |
| Estherwood Varsity Crewneck | from $57 |
| Estherwood Est. Tee | from $33 |
| Estherwood Town Line Mug | from $26 |
| Estherwood Market Tote | $37 |
Ceramic keepsake, gold ribbon, in 4 styles
Its landmark photo in a classic travel-poster layout
A local landmark photo as a gallery print
Map of local landmarks, washable fabric
Heavy-blend fleece, street map printed on the back
Red heavy-blend crewneck, knit-stitch town print
Soft Bella+Canvas jersey
Kids' Bella+Canvas jersey, youth sizes
Bella+Canvas toddler jersey
Bella+Canvas baby bodysuit
Glossy ceramic, dishwasher safe
Weatherproof, for the front walk
24″×16″, printed coir-look fibers, rubber back
12″×12″ printed wood, ready to hang
Soft-touch, zip cover
A local landmark photo with the town name, 18″×18″
Sturdy all-over-print tote
Glossy top, cork back
Soft fleece, 50″×60″
20 oz, double-wall stainless
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
The Estherwood area had two earlier names, Tortue, after the Indian chief, and Coulée Trief or Trive. Landmarks include Ellis Hoffpauir House.
Population 2010: 889 → 2020: 694
From Wikidata (CC0).
The Estherwood area had two earlier names, Tortue, after the Indian chief, and Coulée Trief or Trive. The Coulée Trief name involves Jean-Baptiste Trief, a mysterious person believed to have been one of Jean Lafitte's pirates, who built a cabin on the coulee, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Crowley, Louisiana, about 1816. He was described as a "tall, dark, sinister-looking" man who wore large earrings like pirates once did.
There are several stories about how Estherwood got its name. A likely one is that it is the combination of two names: Wood, for a Dr. Wood who was once prominent in the area, and Esther, for the wife of a railroad executive. Another is the wood part may come from the fact that the trains stopped for fuel wood here.
Jacob Kollitz and A. D. LeBlanc established stores near the Trief cabin in the early 1890s, and a little settlement began to grow around them. Kollitz also operated the 15-room Estherwood Hotel for a time, but it was closed in 1907.
The settlement began to grow just after the turn of the century with the Miller-Morris Canal, one of the first large rice irrigation systems, which helped establish the rice industry in the area, followed in 1900 by the opening of the Eureka rice mill at Estherwood.
By the spring of 1900, there were more than 30 residences in the town, new streets were being graded, and sidewalks were being put down. A chapel was finished there in 1910 and ministered as a mission of St. John the Evangelist Church in Mermentau. Estherwood was incorporated as a village on March 12, 1901, and Henry Feitel was elected its first mayor.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Estherwood, Louisiana, revision 1378779419 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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1 free coloring page of Estherwood, each traced from a photo of a local landmark. Print them at home, at school or for story hour.
Estherwood's population was 694 in the 2020 U.S. Census, down from 889 in 2010.
Ellis Hoffpauir House