Atlanta is a

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Winn Parish, Louisiana Winn Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,313. Its seat is Winnfield. The parish was founded in 1852. It is last in alphabetical order of Louisiana's sixty-four parishe ...

, United States. The population was 163 at the 2010 census, and had been 150 in

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History

The first settlement at Atlanta was made in the 1850s by pioneers from

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. Atlanta was hit by two

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es exactly a year apart on December 8, 1916 and 1917. The first destroyed 35 homes and many smaller buildings. Two people were killed, and fifteen were injured. The second tornado was less destructive, destroying several churches, homes, and businesses. A child was killed, and two other people were injured. Both tornadoes were estimated at F2 intensity on the

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. In 1938, a stone fragment of a meteorite was found near Atlanta. It was sent to renowned American meteorite tracker Harvey H. Nininger. The discovery makes only three found in Louisiana. On November 29, 2010, Atlanta was hit by an EF4 tornado. The tornado completely destroyed a large home and caused severe damage to several other homes. This was the second EF4 tornado to strike Louisiana in 2010. The Atlanta tornado was the 13th EF4 tornado of the year in the United States, the most since 1999.

Geography

Atlanta is located at (31.808591, -92.736653). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 150 people, 57 households, and 42 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 80 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 88.00%

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, 10.00%

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and 2.00% Native American. There were 57 households, out of which 45.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.07. In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males. The median income for a household in the village was $26,875, and the median income for a family was $29,531. Males had a median income of $45,833 versus $25,000 for females. The

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for the village was $21,021. There were 15.4% of families and 15.1% of the population living below the

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, including 12.5% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Notable people

Louisiana industrialist and inventor William Edenborn maintained the Emden plantation southwest of Atlanta, where he grew peanuts, cotton, and silkworms. The late State Representative Ashton B. Collier, who served from 1956–1960 and again from 1964–1970, resided in Atlanta. He was succeeded and preceded in the House by Winnfield businessman P. K. Smith.

References

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