Long Leaf, Louisiana

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Long Leaf, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Long Leaf, Louisiana
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Long Leaf, Louisiana
Coordinates: 31°00′24″N92°33′10″W / 31.00667°N 92.55278°W / 31.00667; -92.55278
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Rapides
Elevation
128 ft (39 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71448
Area code 318
GNIS feature ID547628 [1]

Long Leaf is an unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 71448. [2]

History

The former company town was once the site of a large sawmill complex of the Crowell and Spencer Lumber Company, part of which is now preserved at the Southern Forest Heritage Museum and Research Center. Multiple buildings that originally belonged to the sawmill are now on the National Register of Historic Places. [3] The Red River and Gulf Railroad, which serviced the Long Leaf sawmill, is currently undergoing restoration. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Longleaf, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Long Leaf Sawmill". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Red River & Gulf Railroad - Long Leaf, LA". www.redriverandgulf.net. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
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