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unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Richland Parish, Louisiana Richland Parish is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the North Louisiana Delta Country in the U.S. state of Louisiana, known for its fertile, flat farmland, cane brakes, and open spaces. The parish had a population of 20,043 at ...

, United States. The community is located south of

Mangham, Louisiana Mangham is a village in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 672 at the 2010 census. Mangham was established in 1890. It is named for Wiley P. Mangham, the publisher of the ''Richland Beacon-News'', a w ...

Name origin

In a 1982 interview with Lula and Leo Cheek, it was speculated that the name of the community is symbolic and has biblical connotations.

References

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