Warden, Louisiana
Warden, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Warden, Louisiana
Warden, Louisiana
Warden, Louisiana is located in the United States
Warden, Louisiana
Warden, Louisiana
Coordinates: 32°32′16″N 91°29′49″W / 32.53778°N 91.49694°W / 32.53778; -91.49694
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishRichland
Elevation
92 ft (28 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code318
GNIS feature ID556359 [1]
FIPS code22-79625

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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