Mineral spring area near here owned by William Denham 1829-1855. Hotel near the springs built prior to the Civil War. Hill’s Springs post office renamed Denham Springs in 1898. The village was incorporated in 1903. — — Map (db m86398) HM
This historic site is the site of ground-water springs which at one time came to the surface.
This has figured into the city's name since at least the 1850's.
The area has been known as Amite Springs, Hill's Springs, & finally Denham . . . — — Map (db m147595) HM
Oldest in Livingston Parish. Organized in April 1837. First church was log cabin about 3 miles south of here. Frame church built at this site in 1859 on 4 acres of land. 1918 and 1955 larger churches built. Thomas M. Bond first pastor. — — Map (db m85155) HM
This small “pocket” park was renovated by the Denham Springs Main
Street organization and community partners. Members of the Denham
Springs Fine Arts Association painted the mural using photographs circa
1800s showing people drawing water
from . . . — — Map (db m145943) HM
William Oscar Osgood and his wife, Clara Rheams, owned and ran the Osgood General Merchandise Store on this corner for most of the first half of the 20th century, until it changed hands in 1943. The store was the center of a thriving community long . . . — — Map (db m189178) HM
