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Arizona, Louisiana

Arizona is an unincorporated community in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] Arizona is located at 32°47′21″N 92°57′28″W / 32.78917°N 92.95778°W / 32.78917; -92.95778

History edit

Arizona was founded in the 1860s[2] and was named after the Arizona Territory.[3][4]

G. L. P. Wren, a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature during the 19th century, taught school in Arizona prior to the American Civil War.[5]

The Arizona Methodist Church building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arizona, Louisiana
  2. ^ Harris, D. W. (1886). The History of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: From Its Incorporation in 1828 to the Close of the Year 1885, with Sketches of Pioneer Life in North Louisiana ... Also the Muster and Death Rolls of Her Sons in the Late Bloody War ... Press of W.B. Stansbury & Company. p. 119.
  3. ^ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
  4. ^ "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. July 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  5. ^ Sam Mims, "Hon. G.L.P. Wren: Soldier, Farmer, Legislator: Old Civil War Journal Found; Tells of Struggle and Privation for South's Lost Cause; Twice Wounded, Twice Captured; Champion of People against Louisiana Lottery; Refused to Become Wealthy by Bribe," Minden Signal-Tribune and Springhill Journal, December 31, 1934, pp. 1, 3, 6, 7

32°47′21″N 92°57′28″W / 32.78917°N 92.95778°W / 32.78917; -92.95778


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