Sibley, Louisiana | |
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Town | |
 Sibley Town Hall at site of former Sibley High School | |
 Location of Sibley in Webster Parish, Louisiana. | |
 Location of Louisiana in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′27″N93°17′36″W / 32.54083°N 93.29333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Webster |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jimmy Williams (No Party) (reelected 2016) Police Chief Jeremy Allen Robinson (No Party) (elected 2012) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.00 sq mi (10.35 km2) |
| • Land | 3.89 sq mi (10.06 km2) |
| • Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2) |
| Elevation | 200 ft (60 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,127 |
| • Density | 290.02/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 |
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/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.
In a predominantly African American section of the nearby unincorporated community of Yellow Pine is an area 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]
