Fisher is a village in
Sabine Parish,
Louisiana
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, United States. The population was 230 at the
2010 census, down from 268 in
2000
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.
History
Fisher was named for Oliver Williams Fisher and built between 1899 and 1901 by the Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company. It remained a company-owned sawmill town until it was sold to Boise Cascade Corporation in 1966.
Former
Louisiana State Representative Cliff Ammons was the
principal of Fisher High School in the late 1940s.
Geography
Fisher is located at (31.491157, -93.460599).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 268 people, 101 households, and 72 families residing in the village. The
population density
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was 446.8 inhabitants per square mile (172.5/km). There were 107 housing units at an average density of 178.4 per square mile (68.9/km). The racial makeup of the village was 65.67%
White
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, 31.34%
African American
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, 0.75%
Native American, 1.87% from
other races
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, and 0.37% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 2.24% of the population.
There were 101 households, out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% were
married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.29.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $27,708, and the median income for a family was $34,250. Males had a median income of $31,500 versus $11,875 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the village was $11,998. About 8.0% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 16.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.5% of those 65 or over.
Education
Public schools in Sabine Parish are operated by the
Sabine Parish School Board
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History
In January 2014, the ACLU filed suit against the Sabine Pa ...
. The village of Fisher is zoned t
Many Elementary School(Grades PK-3)
Many Junior High School(Grades 4-8), and
Many High Schoolbr>
(Grades 9-12).
Culture
''Fisher Sawmill Days'' was started in 1976 and is an annual festival, that takes place the third weekend in May, and captures a glimpse of turn-of-the-last-century lumbering in Louisiana.
Fisher Sawmill Days
Retrieved 2017-12-03
Notable person
* John S. Pickett, Jr., state representative and state district court judge
References
External links
ToledoBendLakeCountry.com -- Official site of the Toledo Bend (Sabine Parish) Tourist Commission
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Villages in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Villages in Louisiana