Warden, Louisiana

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Warden, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Warden, Louisiana
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Warden, Louisiana
Coordinates: 32°32′16″N91°29′49″W / 32.53778°N 91.49694°W / 32.53778; -91.49694
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 ID556359 [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

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

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Warden, Louisiana
  2. ↑ 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.
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