Vienna is a town in Lincoln Parish,

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. The population was 483 in 2020. During the

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, Confederate troops drilled at a new camp established in 1862 in Vienna. Later in the war, a parolee camp was established at Vienna. Vienna was the parish seat of Lincoln Parish from its creation in 1873 until 1884, when a parish-wide vote moved it to the new railroad town of Ruston.

History

Daniel Colvin settled near what is now Vienna in about 1812. The Colvins operated a store or relay station of some kind. Their house was near the trail that led from Monroe to Shreveport. Jephthah (son of Daniel) opened the first post office in the region in 1838, originally known as Colvin's Post Office. The name was changed to Vienna in 1850. Vienna was an overnight stop the stagecoaches on the Monroe-Shreveport Stagecoach Road (later called the Old Wire Road).
The Old Wire Road, the stagecoach overnight stopped at Vienna

Geography

Vienna is located in central Lincoln Parish. U.S. Routes U.S. Route 63, 63 and 167 pass through the center of town together, leading south to Ruston, the

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, and north to Bernice. Vienna is north of Exit 85 on Interstate 20 in Ruston. According to the

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, Vienna has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 483 people, 201 households, and 153 families residing in the town.

References

{{authority control Towns in Louisiana Towns in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana Towns in Ruston micropolitan area