Sibley, Louisiana

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Sibley, Louisiana
Town
Revised photo of Sibley, LA, Town Hall IMG 0605.JPG
Sibley Town Hall at site of former Sibley High School
Webster Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sibley Highlighted.svg
Location of Sibley in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
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Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 32°32′27″N93°17′36″W / 32.54083°N 93.29333°W / 32.54083; -93.29333
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
Parish Webster
Government
 • MayorJimmy Williams (No Party) (reelected 2016)
Police Chief Jeremy Allen Robinson (No Party) (elected 2012)
Area
[1]
 • Total4.00 sq mi (10.35 km2)
 • Land3.89 sq mi (10.06 km2)
 • Water0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)
Elevation
200 ft (60 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,127
 • Density290.02/sq mi (111.98/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71073
Area code 318
FIPS code 22-70175
Website www.sibleyla.com

Sibley is a town in south Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,218 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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The former Sibley High School, now known as Lakeside Junior and Senior High School, is located south of town off Louisiana Highway 7. The Sibley Town Hall was relocated to a portion of the former Sibley High School campus.

Calloway Corners Bed and Breakfast north of Sibley Revised Calloway Corners, Sibley, LA IMG 0353.JPG
Calloway Corners Bed and Breakfast north of Sibley
Baptist Tabernacle sanctuary under construction in Sibley Baptist Tabernacle, Sibley, LA (under construction) IMG 0402.JPG
Baptist Tabernacle sanctuary under construction in Sibley
The First Baptist Church of Sibley was organized with fourteen members in February 1922, as an outreach of the First Baptist Church of Minden, with G. M. Harrell as the founding pastor. Revised First Baptist Church, Sibley, LA IMG 3594.JPG
The First Baptist Church of Sibley was organized with fourteen members in February 1922, as an outreach of the First Baptist Church of Minden, with G. M. Harrell as the founding pastor.
Lakeside Junior and Senior High School south of Sibley Lakeside Junior-Senior High School, Sibley, LA IMG 0362.jpg
Lakeside Junior and Senior High School south of Sibley
First United Methodist Church in Sibley (pastor Milton Geltz, 2010) is adjacent to Lane Memorial Cemetery. Revised Sibley United Methodist Church, Sibley, LA IMG 0400.JPG
First United Methodist Church in Sibley (pastor Milton Geltz, 2010) is adjacent to Lane Memorial Cemetery.
Lane Memorial Cemetery Revised, Lane Memorial Cemetery, Sibley, LA IMG 0401.JPG
Lane Memorial Cemetery

In a predominantly African American section of Yellow Pine is a community formerly known as "King Solomon Hill," centered on an actual hill on which stood King Solomon Hill Baptist Church. (The community is now known as "Salt Works.") The blues historian Gayle Dean Wardlow concluded that it was from this address that Paramount Records chose to give the blues musician Joe Holmes, a resident of Sibley, the recording name of King Solomon Hill. [4]

Geography

Sibley is located at 32°32′27″N93°17′36″W / 32.54083°N 93.29333°W / 32.54083; -93.29333 (32.540704, -93.293208). [5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.4 km2), of which 3.9 square miles (10.0 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.4 km2) (3.49%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1920 900—
1930 422−53.1%
1940 405−4.0%
1950 62353.8%
1960 595−4.5%
1970 86946.1%
1980 1,21139.4%
1990 997−17.7%
2000 1,09810.1%
2010 1,21810.9%
2020 1,127−7.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [6] [ failed verification ]
Sibley racial composition in 2020 [7]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (non-Hispanic)81672.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)23721.03%
Native American 100.89%
Asian 30.27%
Other/Mixed 201.77%
Hispanic or Latino 413.64%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,127 people, 554 households, and 396 families residing in the town.

Notable people

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King Solomon Hill is the name assigned to a blues singer and guitarist who recorded a handful of songs in 1932. His unique guitar and voice combined to produce a sound that has been described as haunting. After much speculation and dispute, he has been identified as Joe Holmes, a self-taught guitarist from Mississippi.

References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sibley Baptist Church celebrates 50th year", Minden Press-Herald , February 24, 1972, p. 1
  3. ↑ "Sibley First Baptist grows from 14 members", Minden Press-Herald, July 31, 1987, p. 2C
  4. ↑ Wardlow, Gayle Dean. Chasin' That Devil Music, Searching for the Blues. 1998. Miller Freeman Books. ISBN   0-87930-552-5. p. 211. Originally published as One Last Walk up King Solomon Hill in Blues Unlimited No. 148 (Winter 1987).
  5. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
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