Cottonport in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Cottonport Drugstore Building

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 30, 2025

1. Cottonport Drugstore Building Marker

Inscription.
This building is the site of the original Cottonport Drugstore, Owned and Operated, by Gano Lemoine, Sr. and Gano Lemoine, Jr. from 1923 until 1983.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 30° 59.091′ N, 92° 3.256′ W. Marker is in Cottonport, Louisiana, in Avoyelles Parish. It is on Cottonport Avenue near North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 220 Cottonport Avenue, Cottonport LA 71327, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana

and in Acadiana — Cajun Country.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

Acadia,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Egg Pocking / Pâquer Les Œufs (a few steps from this marker); The Historic Oaks of Cottonport (approx. 0.4 miles away); Theophile Lemoine Home (approx. half a mile away); Cottonport Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Evergreen (approx. 3.8 miles away); Battle of Mansura (approx. 4.9 miles away); Mansura (approx. 5.3 miles away); Desfossé House (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cottonport.

More about this marker. Building currently houses the Cottonport Museum

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 30, 2025

2. Cottonport Drugstore Building Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 95 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 31, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.