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Welsh, Louisiana

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nameWelsh, Louisiana
settlement_typeTown
image_skylineCalkins Orvis House Welsh Louisiana 2019.jpg
image_altPink house with large gables and a porch.
image_captionThe historic Calkins-Orvis House.
image_mapFile:Jefferson Davis Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Welsh Highlighted.svg
map_captionLocation of Welsh in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
image_map1Louisiana in United States (US48).svg
map_caption1Location of Louisiana in the United States
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Louisiana
subdivision_type2Parish
subdivision_name2Jefferson Davis
established_titleFounded
established_dateMarch 15, 1888
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameKarl Arceneaux (elected 2020)
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km216.69
area_total_sq_mi6.44
area_land_km216.38
area_land_sq_mi6.32
area_water_km20.31
area_water_sq_mi0.12
elevation_ft23
population_as_of2020
population_total3333
population_density_km2203.54
population_density_sq_mi527.21
timezone1CST
utc_offset1-6
timezone1_DSTCDT
utc_offset1_DST-5
postal_code_typeZIP code
postal_code70591
area_code337
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info22-80430
blank2_name_sec2Wikimedia Commons
websitehttp://www.townofwelsh.com/

Welsh is a town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. The population was 3,226 at the time of the 2010 census. It is part of the Jennings Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Welsh was originally a homestead owned by Miles Welsh, a Pennsylvania man who went to Louisiana to seek a warmer climate for his health. He died in 1868, but his son Henry built a cabin on the current-day town site. The home sat along the main stagecoach route across south Louisiana, and Welsh's home and store was the primary stop for travelers between New Iberia and Texas. In 1880, Welsh donated right-of-way to the Louisiana Western Rail Road (later Southern Pacific), which built a station. The town of Welsh was platted in 1880 and incorporated on March 15, 1888, with Henry Welsh elected its first mayor a few months before his death that October. Initially part of the old Imperial Calcasieu Parish, in 1913 Welsh became part of the newly established Jefferson Davis Parish.

Geography

Welsh is located at (30.237419, -92.820593).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.4 km), of which 6.2 square miles (16.1 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km) (1.89%) is water.

Demographics

RaceNumberPercentageWhite (non-Hispanic)Black or African American (non-Hispanic)Native AmericanAsianOther/MixedHispanic or Latino
2,42972.88%
66119.83%
40.12%
80.24%
1685.04%
631.89%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,333 people, 1,128 households, and 765 families residing in the town.

Notable people

  • Canray Fontenot (1922–1995), Creole fiddler
  • Lance Guidry (born 1971), American football coach, former defensive coordinator for the University of Miami
  • Phillip Walker (1937–2010), electric blues guitarist and singer
  • Charles Mann, swamp pop legend and member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
  • Milton Vanicor (master fiddler/musician) Inducted in the Cajun French Music Hall of Fame in 2006

Education

Jefferson Davis Parish Public Schools operates public schools in Welsh. Schools serving Welsh include Welsh Elementary School (PK–5) in Welsh, Welsh - Roanoke Jr. High (6–8) in nearby Roanoke, and Welsh High School (9–12) in Welsh.

Jefferson Davis Parish Library operates the McBurney Memorial Branch at 301 South Sarah Street.

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
  2. (2023). "Welsh LA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com.
  3. (28 October 1997). "Welsh was way station in stage coach days". The Daily Advertiser.
  4. "Welcome".
  5. Bradshaw, Jim. (June 2004). "Welsh was way station in stage coach days".
  6. (February 12, 2011). "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  8. "Explore Census Data".
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