Baldwin, Louisiana

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Baldwin, Louisiana
Town
St. Mary Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Baldwin Highlighted.svg
Location of Baldwin in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
Louisiana in United States (US48).svg
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 29°50′10″N91°32′56″W / 29.83611°N 91.54889°W / 29.83611; -91.54889
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
Parish St. Mary
Government
 •  Mayor Clarence A. Vappie [1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
3.23 sq mi (8.36 km2)
 • Land3.22 sq mi (8.33 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
16 ft (5 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,762
 • Density547.72/sq mi (211.47/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 337
FIPS code 22-04020

Baldwin is a town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,436 at the 2010 census, [3] down from 2,497 in 2000. It is part of the Morgan City Micropolitan Statistical Area. Its population is majority African American. The town has been home to educational institutions for white and "colored" students.

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History

The community was named for John Baldwin, the Ohio educator who founded what would later become Baldwin-Wallace University. In 1867, Baldwin purchased the Darby plantation in Louisiana, a plantation of about 1,700 acres (6.9 km2). His residence there, Darby House, remained in his family until 1937 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4]

Gilbert Academy and Industrial School was in Baldwin. [5] It became Godman Industrial School and 14 years after closing in 1978 became the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Sager Brown campus. [6] The Louisiana physician and politician Alvan Lafargue practiced in Baldwin, his wife's hometown, prior to 1915.

The Tillandsia residence, built by John Baldwin Sr., is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana). [7] Cypremort Point State Park is located 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Baldwin.

Geography

Baldwin is located at 29°50′10″N91°32′56″W / 29.83611°N 91.54889°W / 29.83611; -91.54889 (29.836039, -91.548799). [8]

Tillandsia, a historic residence in the area Tills1side.jpg
Tillandsia, a historic residence in the area

Louisiana Highway 182, which passes throughout the entire town, travels 9 miles (14 km) northwest to Jeanerette and 5 miles (8 km) southeast to Franklin, the St. Mary Parish seat. Louisiana Highway 83, which intersects with LA-182, travels southwest from Baldwin to the unincorporated communities of Louisa, Glencoe, and Four Corners and heads back northwest to intersect with Louisiana Highway 14 in New Iberia.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2), all land. [3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1920 964—
1930 822−14.7%
1940 98419.7%
1950 1,13815.7%
1960 1,54836.0%
1970 2,11736.8%
1980 2,64424.9%
1990 2,379−10.0%
2000 2,4975.0%
2010 2,436−2.4%
2020 1,762−27.7%
U.S. Decennial Census [9]
Baldwin racial composition as of 2020 [10]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (non-Hispanic)51329.11%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)1,10562.71%
Native American 211.19%
Asian 90.51%
Pacific Islander 10.06%
Other/Mixed 774.37%
Hispanic or Latino 362.04%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,762 people, 804 households, and 447 families residing in the town.

Education

St. Mary Parish School Board operates public schools. West St. Mary High School is near Baldwin.

Residents

Prophet Royal Robertson

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References

  1. ↑ "Baldwin Municipal Employees' Retirement System" . Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Baldwin town, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ "NPGallery Asset Detail".
  5. ↑ "Negro education: A study of the private and higher schools for colored people in the United States". 1917.
  6. ↑ "Short History of UMCOR Sager Brown" (PDF). www.ctcumc.org. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  7. ↑ "NRHP". npgallery.nps.gov.
  8. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
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