Denham Springs is a city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana,
United States, and part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Downtown
Denham Springs has transformed itself from hardware stores, drug stores,
doctor's offices, and a single movie theater to a collection of various and
varied forms of antique dealers.
The downtown area is now called the Denham
Springs Antique Village. Denham Springs has a Mardi Gras Parade held two
Saturdays before Mardi Gras. Denham Springs hosts the Springfest, held on the
last Saturday in April. Denham Springs is the largest area of commercial and
residential development in Livingston Parish, and the only parish municipality
classified as a city. As a tourist you will find many thing to do in Denham Springs.
The area has been known as Amite Springs, Hill's Springs,
and Denham Springs.
The original land claims of John Noblet and Alexander Hogue
form what is now the older section of Denham Springs, including the first
residential and business districts. In 1828, William Denham, a Wilkinson
County, Miss. native, married Mercy Hogue, the daughter of Alexander Hogue, and
three months later purchased the 640 acres (2.6 km2) originally claimed by his
father-in-law. Denham purchased the land and a slave for $1,350.
