Castor, LA

Castor is a village in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 230 residents. The village was established in 1900. The name "Castor" refers to the genus Castoridae or beaver, a Latin term, contrary to an oral tradition of the word being Native American in origin. Castor has several businesses: the General Store, a gasoline station, flower shop, a cafe, a beauty shop, a laundromat, a branch of the Bank of Montgomery, United States Post Office, retirement homes, and a mobile home park. The majority of working adults commute to one of the more urban areas nearby for employment.

Castor has one school located on Front Street, called Castor High School. The complex contains a Pre-K and Kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school buildings. Castor makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Castor is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. During the Civil War, Castor supplied salt for the Confederacy. A salt works was operated west of Castor by Alfred P.