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White Castle, Louisiana Location of White Castle in Louisiana White Castle a town in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, in the United States.
As of the 2000 census, the town populace was 1,946.
White Castle, the town, was carved out of the George Wailes plantation, "White Castle".
Dickinson Survey of a several churches of Louisiana shows the White Castle Plantation property.
White Castle was established as a town in the early 1900s, with the influx of citizens and company brought by the logging trade in the cypress swamps of the area.
By 1970, White Castle had three primary sugar mills, Cora-Texas, Cedar Grove, and Catherine/Supples.
Only one, Cora-Texas positioned just south of White Castle on LA 1, is still in operation.
People living in the unincorporated areas of Samstown, Lone Star, Bell Grove, Dorseyville Old Dorseyville School, and as far away as Bayou Goula helped support White Castle businesses through the years.
At one time, there were three car dealerships, Dufour Chevrolet, White Castle Motor business (Ford), and Dixie Sales and Service(Chrysler/Plymouth); three drug stores, Hebert's, Viallon's, and Bajon's; Weils and Shaheens clothing stores; Augusta Shoe Store; Eskine's Jewelry; and two lumber yards, Baudion's and Tassin's.
This trade brought economic expansion which took White Castle into the 1980s.
Companies establishing chemical plants in the region near White Castle were Dow Chemical north of Plaquemine, Georgia-Gulf and Hercules north of White Castle, and Ciba-Geigy on the east bank of the Mississippi.
Population levels have remained between 1,900 and 2,200 for the last forty years, inside the town/city of White Castle.
White Castle is positioned at 30 10 7 N 91 8 48 W (30.168503, 91.146708). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.
White Castle is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 76.82% African American, 22.56% White, 0.21% Asian, 0.10% from other competitions, and 0.31% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 31.7% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $19,435, and the median income for a family was $24,236.
Even with its name, White Castle has no White Castle restaurants.
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Towns in Louisiana - Towns in Iberville Parish, Louisiana - Baton Rouge urbane region - Populated places established in 1883 - Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River
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