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Sibley, Louisiana
Town
Sibley Town Hall at site of former Sibley High School
Sibley Town Hall at site of former Sibley High School
Location of Sibley in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Sibley in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Webster
Area
 • Total 4.00 sq mi (10.35 km2)
 • Land 3.89 sq mi (10.06 km2)
 • Water 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)
Elevation
200 ft (60 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 1,127
 • Density 290.02/sq mi (111.98/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71073
Area code(s) 318
FIPS code 22-70175

Sibley is a town in south Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,218 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The former Sibley High School, now known as Lakeside Junior/Senior High School, is located south of town off Louisiana Highway 7. The Sibley Town Hall was relocated to a portion of the former Sibley High School campus.

Revised Calloway Corners, Sibley, LA IMG 0353
Calloway Corners Bed and Breakfast north of Sibley
Baptist Tabernacle, Sibley, LA (under construction) IMG 0402
Baptist Tabernacle sanctuary under construction in Sibley
Revised First Baptist Church, Sibley, LA IMG 3594
The First Baptist Church of Sibley was organized with fourteen members in February 1922, as an outreach of the First Baptist Church of Minden, with G. M. Harrell as the founding pastor.
Lakeside Junior-Senior High School, Sibley, LA IMG 0362
Lakeside Junior and Senior High School south of Sibley
Revised Sibley United Methodist Church, Sibley, LA IMG 0400
First United Methodist Church in Sibley (pastor Milton Geltz, 2010) is adjacent to Lane Memorial Cemetery.
Revised, Lane Memorial Cemetery, Sibley, LA IMG 0401
Lane Memorial Cemetery

In a predominantly African American section of Yellow Pine is a community formerly known as "King Solomon Hill," centered on an actual hill on which stood King Solomon Hill Baptist Church. (The community is now known as "Salt Works.") The blues historian Gayle Dean Wardlow concluded that it was from this address that Paramount Records chose to give the blues musician Joe Holmes, a resident of Sibley, the recording name of King Solomon Hill.

Geography

Sibley is located at 32°32′27″N 93°17′36″W / 32.54083°N 93.29333°W / 32.54083; -93.29333 (32.540704, -93.293208).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.4 km2), of which 3.9 square miles (10.0 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.4 km2) (3.49%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1920 900 —
1930 422 −53.1%
1940 405 −4.0%
1950 623 53.8%
1960 595 −4.5%
1970 869 46.1%
1980 1,211 39.4%
1990 997 −17.7%
2000 1,098 10.1%
2010 1,218 10.9%
2020 1,127 −7.5%
U.S. Decennial Census
Sibley racial composition in 2020
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 816 72.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 237 21.03%
Native American 10 0.89%
Asian 3 0.27%
Other/Mixed 20 1.77%
Hispanic or Latino 41 3.64%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,127 people, 554 households, and 396 families residing in the town.

Notable people

See also

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