Bancroft is an unincorporated area in Louisiana. It is in

Beauregard Parish Beauregard Parish () is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,549. The parish seat and most populous municipality is DeRidder. The parish was formed on January 1, 1913. Beauregard Paris ...

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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