In 1843 most of the membership of a Baptist congregation, under the leadership of William Prince Ford, who had been influenced by Campbell's writings, became a Church of Christ.

The Cheneyville Christian Church is the oldest congregation associated with the Restoration Movement in Louisiana.

[4] Ford is also known as the original enslaver of Solomon Northup, the main character in the feature film, Twelve Years a Slave.

Northup was an African-American who had been born free, but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., and sold to Ford in New Orleans in 1841.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Cheneyville has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.