Warden, Louisiana
Appearance
Warden, Louisiana | |
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Coordinates: 32°32′16″N 91°29′49″W / 32.53778°N 91.49694°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parish | Richland |
Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 318 |
GNIS feature ID | 556359 [1] |
FIPS code | 22-79625 |
Warden is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 5 miles (8.05 kilometres) N of Delhi, Louisiana.
Name origin
[edit]The community was once named Richland but in 1929 Mary Southall, the local postmaster at that time, changed the name to Warden using the surname of a local resident. The name of the community was changed because mail was mistakenly being sent to another town called Richland.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Warden, Louisiana
- ^ Clare D’Artois Leeper (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-0-8071-4738-2.