Ragley, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
Ragley, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Ragley, Louisiana
Ragley, Louisiana
Ragley, Louisiana is located in the United States
Ragley, Louisiana
Ragley, Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°30′46″N 93°13′57″W / 30.51278°N 93.23250°W / 30.51278; -93.23250
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishBeauregard
Elevation
92 ft (28 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
70657
Area code337
GNIS feature ID555751[1]

Ragley is an unincorporated community in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located at the junction of U.S. routes 171 and 190, 20 miles (32 km) north of Lake Charles. Ragley has a post office with ZIP code 70657.[2][3]

History

Ragley began as a sawmill town that was built after the closing of the mill in Ragley, Texas (1900-1912). The owners of that mill were W. G. Ragley. Martin J. and Frank J. Ragley and A. H. Schluter. The mill in Louisiana was in production by 1915.[4] The sawmill had a capacity of 110,000 ft. with electricity, a planing mill with a capacity of 100,000 ft., and twelve miles of track, with 52-lb. rails.[5][6]

In 1935 construction began on the brick 10-room Hollingsworth School that was completed in 1937 by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen.[7]

Park and pond

The 19-acre Purple Heart Walking Park & Fishing Pond, honoring wounded veterans, was dedicated on January 11, 2014. It has a 1/2 mile eight-foot-wide walking path, playground, and a 2 ½ acre pond. The project was a joint venture of the Beauregard Parish Police Jury, Louisiana Department of Transportation and the South Beauregard Recreation District No. 2. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries stocked and restocks the pond with Channel Catfish and Rainbow Trout.[8]


References

  1. ↑ "Ragley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "The American Lumberman's sawmill equipment register" (PDF). Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Louisiana Logging Railroads and Mill Equipment, 1917 (Southern Lumberman Saw Mill Directory)". Texas Transportation Archives. p. 123. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw and Planing Mills (1928)" (PDF). p. 376. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Construction of Hollingsworth School in Ragley Louisiana in 1936". Louisiana Digital Library. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Purple Heart Walking Park & Fishing Pond". South Beauregard Recreation District. Retrieved November 20, 2021.


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