Dry Creek, Louisiana
One of the oldest communities in Beauregard Parish
One of the oldest communities in Beauregard Parish
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Both the Lindsey and Dry Creek cemeteries in the community recorded their first burials in 1860\-61 and are still used today. The first church/school was said to have been built in 1860\. The 1860\-61 time period records developments indicating the beginning of a community. Dry Creek is one of the oldest communities in Beauregard Parish. Sugartown (1820s) is the oldest, and the Hopewell community established a church and cemetery in the 1850s, with the first log church erected near Dollar Branch in 1852\. Other than the Williams family whose members were either deceased or had left the community by the late 1850s, the Iles, Lindsey, and Miller families were the first to live in Dry Creek before 1860 (late 1850s). One source on Lindsey family genealogy lists 1859 as the year the Lindsey and Miller families came to Dry Creek from north Louisiana. The 1860 Census records of Imperial Calcasieu Parish do confirm that these three families were living in Dry Creek in the summer of 1860\.

### Notable people

* [James David Cain](/wiki/James_David_Cain "James David Cain"), former member of both houses of the [Louisiana Legislature](/wiki/Louisiana_Legislature "Louisiana Legislature")
* Dorothy Sue Hill, current state representative for Beauregard, Allen, and Calcasieu parishes; rancher and retired educator in her native Dry Creek
* [Herman Ray Hill](/wiki/Herman_Ray_Hill "Herman Ray Hill") (born 1937\), former state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes from 1992\-2008; rancher and retired educator in Dry Creek; husband of current Representative Dorothy Hill. Accomplished basketball coach at East Beauregard and Pitkin High Schools, winning five state championships and 825 games he was named 1992 National High School Girls Basketball Coach of the Year.[https://www.kplctv.com/2022/01/22/east\-beauregard\-honors\-legendary\-coach\-herman\-ray\-hill/](https://www.kplctv.com/2022/01/22/east-beauregard-honors-legendary-coach-herman-ray-hill/)

### References

### External links

* [Dry Creek Baptist Camp website](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723014254/http://www.drycreek.net/Dry_Creek_Baptist_Camp/Welcome.html)

[Category:Unincorporated communities in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana](/wiki/Category:Unincorporated_communities_in_Beauregard_Parish%2C_Louisiana "Unincorporated communities in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana")
[Category:Unincorporated communities in Louisiana](/wiki/Category:Unincorporated_communities_in_Louisiana "Unincorporated communities in Louisiana")
[Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana](/wiki/Category:School_buildings_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Louisiana "School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana")
[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana](/wiki/Category:National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Beauregard_Parish%2C_Louisiana "National Register of Historic Places in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana")


How many families were part of the community in 1850?