Kansas City Southern Depot

DeQuincy exists because of rails. The town was founded in 1897, once the Calcasieu, Vernon and Shreveport line and Arthur Stilwell's Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf were both finished here. The depot of 1923 now holds the DeQuincy Railroad Museum, begun in 1974, with artifacts from the Kansas City Southern, Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific. The National Register table counts it among three urban depots left in Louisiana. Each April, on the second weekend, Louisiana Railroad Days fills the grounds with trains and visitors.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sam Houston Jones State Park — 15 mi
  A 1,087-acre park on the West Fork of the Calcasieu with longleaf pine, cypress-tupelo swamp, five trails, cabins and kayak rentals.
• Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point — 17 mi
  A free visitor center at the western gateway of Louisiana's only All-American Road, with exhibits on alligators, migrating songbirds and the estuary.
• Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu — 21 mi
  A 6,000-square-foot museum of southwest Louisiana Carnival with about 275 costume mannequins and 14 animated figures, opened in April 2026.
• Imperial Calcasieu Museum — 21 mi
  Lake Charles's history museum, founded by the Junior League in 1963, with parish artifacts, Claire Chennault's uniform and the Sallier Oak.

More markers nearby

• All Saints Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi
• Newport Industries — 0.5 mi
• The Henning Family — 16 mi
• Bilbo Cemetery — 20 mi