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Winnfield, LA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Winnfield a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Winnfield Home page. The Winnfield Home page provides as much information as possible on Winnfield. Knowing Winnfield’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Winnfield’s Home page, you will also find Winnfield’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Winnfield has a population of 4418. 42.2% of Winnfield’s inhabitants are Male, and 57.8 are female. 35.2% of Winnfield is married and 47% own their own home. The Average Home price is $88,770, and the average rent is $622. Household median income in Winnfield is $31,458, and the individual median income is $20,587. Winnfield’s Ethnic is the following: Black(52.3%), White(46.2%), Hispanic(2.8%), Multiple(1.4%), Other(0.1%).
When Winn Parish was officially formed by the state legislature in 1852, Winnfield was established as the parish seat. During the Civil War, the area around Winnfield was the site of some minor skirmishes. Confederate forces defeated a Union detachment sent to destroy the Cary Salt Works in the area.Many Civil War bandits made the region their home.
Among these were the West and Kimbrill clans, which at one time included Frank and Jesse James.Three Louisiana governors were Winnfield natives and grew up here: Huey Long, Oscar K. Allen and Earl Long. Huey Long became governor, U.S. Senator. He was assassinated in 1935. Oscar K. Allen was elected governor in 1932.
Earl Long, "the Louisiana Longshot," served in a variety of state positions, said to be more than other Louisianan, including elective office. He was elected governor in 1939, 1948 and 1956. He was elected to Congress in 1960 but died before he could assume office. Winnfield was a major 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 located on Saline Bayou. Later the Cary Salt Works started an 840 ft deep mine south of Winnfield. The mine was used by the federal government in Project Coyboy Plowshare Program, Cowboy Event.
Between Dec 1959 and March 1960 a series of high explosives were set off inside the Carry Salt Works in an unused portion of the mine. The mine later was flooded by an underground river. The mine and all equipment inside was abandoned. The rock quarry operated near or on top of the salt mine and produced limestone and gravel still operates today as Winn Rock.
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