Bunkie
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Location in Louisiana
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Avoyelles Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 57 ′ N , 92 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 4,171 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 598.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.97 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 20 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-10950 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 553834 | ||
| Website : | bunkiecityhall.com | ||
| Mayor : | Michael "Mike" Robertson | ||
Bunkie is a small town (with the status " City ") in Avoyelles Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , Bunkie had 4,171 residents.
geography
Bunkie is located in central Louisiana, around 20 km south of the Red River and around 50 km west of its confluence with the Atchafalaya . The geographical coordinates of Bunkie are 30 ° 57'13 "north latitude and 92 ° 11'08" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 6.97 km².
Neighboring locations to Bunkie are Hessmer (11.5 miles north-northeast), Evergreen (7.4 km west), Cottonport (15.9 km in the same direction), Morrow (17.1 km southeast), Cheneyville (13.6 km northwest) and Echo (25.2 km north-northwest).
The closest major cities are Mississippi's capital Jackson (322 km northeast), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (132 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (253 km in the same direction), Lafayette (92.1 km south), Beaumont , Texas (240 km west southwest) and Shreveport (252 km northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 71 in northwest-southeast direction as the main road through Bunkie, where it meets the Louisiana Highways 29 and 115 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad in the direction of Baton Rouge and New Orleans runs parallel to US 71 . From this branch of the Acadiana Railway , a Class III railway company, branches off in a southerly direction.
The nearest airports are Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (126 km southeast), Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (239 km in the same direction), and Jackson-Evers International Airport (336 km northeast).
History and economy
The city was founded under the name Irion by Colonel AM Haas in 1882 after Colonel EB Wheelock had signed a contract with Green & Brogan to extend the route of the New Orleans and Pacific Railway (later Texas and Pacific Railway ) through this part of the state. The city was renamed by Colonel Haas after his daughter Maccie, who was learning to walk, called a toy monkey a bunkie , which first became her nickname and then the official name of the city.
The further development of the city was strongly influenced by the rich alluvial soil in the area, which allowed the cultivation of cotton, sugar cane and corn. A medium-sized industry developed in the city, processing agricultural products.
Bunkie is home to a number of buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and are therefore listed buildings. These include the Bailey Hotel and the Bailey Theater, both built by Robert Lee Bailey in the first half of the 20th century in the style of the "Classical Revival", as well as the Texas and Pacific Railroad Depot. (See NRHP listings in Avoyelles Parish )
The Edwin Epps House, built in 1852, is also a listed building. It belonged to the plantation owner and slave owner Edwin Epps and was built by his slave Solomon Northup (1808–1863) shortly before his escape, a free black man who was kidnapped as a young man in the northern states and sold as a slave. He escaped with the help of a Canadian and in 1853 published a book about his fate called "Twelve Years a Slave". The house now serves as a museum and tells the story of the two men.
population
According to the 2010 census , Bunkie had 4,171 people in 1,624 households. The population density was 598.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in 1624 households.
The racial the population was composed of 40.1 percent white, 57.2 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 53.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 24,359 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,341. 36.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Zutty Singleton (1898–1975), New Orleans Jazz drummer
- Don Hines , Democratic State Senator and President of the Louisiana State Senate
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 20, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 20, 2013
- ^ A b Federal Writers' Project : Louisiana: A Guide to the State . Hastings House, New York 1941, pp. 667-668.
- ↑ LOUISIANA - Avoyelles Parish in the National Register of Historic Places: Bailey Hotel (NRHP recording 1999, # 99000929), Bailey Theater (NRHP recording 1979, # 79001052), Texas and Pacific Railroad Depot (NRHP recording 1991, # 91000345)
- ^ Nancy C. Curtis: Black heritage sites: an African American odyssey and finder's guide . ALA Editions, 1996, pp. 117-119. ISBN 0838906435