The Murals of Louisiana
Twenty-four painted stories, from the Delta Queen at the bridge to the town's founding families.
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Pike County, Missouri · on the Mississippi since 1818
A river town that
paints its own story.
Pay a bill, pull a permit, read an agenda, or walk the murals of Georgia Street. The working city and the historic one, together.
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Riverfront at dawn, Louisiana, Missouri.
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What can we help you do today?
Pay your water bill
Pay online, go paperless, or start new water & trash service.
Pay & billing →
Permits & city forms
Building, occupancy, rental, sign, and excavation permits.
Forms library →
Report a problem
A pothole, a water-main break, a code concern, or a stray animal.
Who to call →
Agendas & meetings
Board of Aldermen agendas, minutes, ordinances, and notices.
Government →
City Hall
Open Monday through Friday
202 South 3rd Street · (573) 754-4132
The Board of Aldermen meets in open session; agendas and minutes are posted under Government.
Notices & what's ahead
, current bids, hearings, and legal notices are posted as they are issued. See public notices →
Colorfest fills historic Georgia Street the third weekend of October, the city's largest festival, a hundred vendors, and the murals lit for fall. About Colorfest →
Explore Louisiana
The most intact Victorian streetscape in Missouri
and the murals that tell its story.
Twenty-four murals painted across downtown between 2000 and 2006 turn Georgia Street into an open-air gallery. Below the bluff, the Mississippi keeps working; above it, two parks look out over the river.
Georgia Street Historic District
Fifty-five buildings on the National Register, developed from the 1840s, Greek Revival, Italianate, and Classical Revival storefronts.
See the district →
Riverview & Henderson Parks
Two parks on the same bluff, a river overlook and telescope, playgrounds, pavilions, and the view that named the town.
Visit the parks →City services
Every city office, by what you need.
Water & Sewer
Billing, the annual water-quality report, and starting or transferring service.
Water & billing →Police & Fire
Non-emergency policing, records and reports, and fire protection for the city.
Public safety →Parks & Recreation
Riverview and Henderson Parks, pavilions, playgrounds, and park rentals.
Parks →Streets & Code
Street maintenance, snow and leaf work, permits, zoning, and property concerns.
Streets & code →Animal Shelter
The John Cotton Memorial Shelter, adoptions, fostering, and animal control.
Animal shelter →Public Library & Court
The Louisiana Public Library and the city's municipal court system.
Library & court →- 3,199 residents (2020 Census)
- 1849 incorporated, oldest city in Pike County
- 24 downtown murals, 2000–2006
- 1816 Stark Bro's Nurseries founded here
“The most intact Victorian streetscape in the state of Missouri.”
Missouri Department of Natural Resources