Bancroft is an unincorporated area in Louisiana. It is in

Beauregard Parish Beauregard Parish (french: Paroisse de Beauregard) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,654. The parish seat is DeRidder. The parish was formed on January 1, 1913. Beauregard Parish ...

near the border with Texas. The North Bancroft Field is a geological area dating to the Eocene era that was drilled for oil. Bancroft was a lumber settlement that had 250 men at it. It had a post office. Bancroft Colored School served grades 1 to 8. The school serving the area became 68 percent African American after integration. Spikes Cemetery is in Bancroft. In 2021 the old school building in Bancroft was still standing.

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