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Moncla

Colonized in the late 1700s.
Named for
Dr. Joseph Thibault Moncla
1806-1883

 

Emigrant of Moncla, France, and husband of Arsene Bordelon. This settlement, on the south bank of the Red River, included a ferry, stagecoach stop, steamboat landing, warehouse, sawmill, cotton gin, general store, school and church. Moncla Post Office was established in 1896.

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