Warden is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 5 miles (8.05 kilometres) N of Delhi, Louisiana.
Warden, Louisiana | |
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  Warden, Louisiana  Warden, Louisiana | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′16″N 91°29′49″W / 32.53778°N 91.49694°W | |
| 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 ID | 556359 [1] |
| FIPS code | 22-79625 |
Name origin
editThe 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
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Warden, Louisiana
- ^ 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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