Winnfield, Louisiana Winnfield, Louisiana Downtown Winnfield, LA MVI 2728.jpg Downtown Winnfield State Louisiana Winnfield City Council: Location of Winnfield in Louisiana Location of Louisiana in the United States Winnfield is a small town/city in the church seat of Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Three governors of the state of Louisiana were from Winnfield. Winnfield City Hall This restored barns depot in downtown Winnfield homes the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, with many of the exhibits dedicated to the Long family First Baptist Church in downtown Winnfield Winnfield Senior High School is positioned on a wooded lot off U.S.

Highway 167 in north Winnfield When Winn Parish was officially formed by the state council in 1852, Winnfield was established as the church seat. During the Civil War, the region around Winnfield was the site of some minor skirmishes.

Three Louisiana governors were Winnfield natives and interval up here: Huey Long, Oscar K.

Earl Long, "the Louisiana Longshot," served in a range of state positions, said to be more than other Louisianan, including elective office. He was propel governor in 1939, 1948 and 1956.

Winnfield was a primary producer of salt in the Civil War days, salt kettles used at Big Cedar furnished salt for the Confederate army.

One still exists today in front of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, turned into a fountain.

The salt works was positioned on Saline Bayou. Later the Cary Salt Works started a 840 ft deep mine south of Winnfield.

Winnfield has an altitude of 128 feet (39.0 m). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.3 square miles (8.6 km ), all land.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older.

As of 2014, as stated to Bauer, Walmart, Winn Correctional Center, and the region lumber foundry offer the majority of the jobs in the Winnfield area; because of the poverty in the region residents are willing to take low-paying jobs at Winn Correctional Center despite the danger present there. Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame Winn Parish School Board operates small-town enhance schools, which include: Winnfield Senior High School Winnfield Middle School Winnfield Intermediate School Winnfield Primary School Winnfield Kindergarten School Louisiana Technical College Huey P.

George Washington Bolton - businessman and patriarch of the Bolton family of Alexandria; lived in Winnfield in the latter 1860s Earl Downs, enhance safety commissioner in Shreveport from 1954 to 1962; educator and coach in Winnfield in 1930s Fannin Louisiana state representative Gerald Long Louisiana state senator Gillis William Long member of the United States House of Representatives Governor of Louisiana, senator from Louisiana Kenneth Michael "Mike" Smith member of the Louisiana State Senate a b c d "The City of Winnfield, Louisiana, Official website, Retrieved on February 10, 2009 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org).

Harley Bozeman obituary, Winn Parish Enterprise-News-American, May 20, 1971 Minden, Louisiana, Herald, July 30, 1948 Lyons," Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol.

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