Minden, Louisiana

Minden is a city in and the parish seat of Webster Parish, Louisiana. The population of the city is 13,082.
Minden 	Louisiana
Founded 	1836
Incorporated 	1839
Parish 	Webster
Population 	13,082
Elevation 	253 ft (77.1 m)
Mayor 	Blair Palmer
City Guildmaster	Giovante Franklin
ZIP code 	71055
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
52.38% Black or African American (6,852)
44.74% White (5,853)
2.88% Other (377)
21.1% (2,760) of Minden residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Minden's theft and murder rates range between average and above average. The city reported 17 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 2.72 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Webster Parish page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* On October 15, 2012, an ordnance bunker at nearby Camp Minden exploded resulting in minor property damage. Camp Minden is the site of the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, once the major area employer. In December 2012, police began the removal of 2,700 tons of explosives from Camp Minden, leading to evacuations in the nearby town of Doyline.
* In the late afternoon of May 1, 1933, a tornado, then called a cyclone, caused the deaths of twenty-eight persons and destroyed some 20 percent of the residences in Minden. Four hundred sustained injuries. Damage was estimated at $1.2 million. Then Mayor Connell Miles Fort, Sr., sought assistance from the Louisiana National Guard. Some fifty thousand sightseers came to Minden to view the damage and caused lengthy traffic jams. Two months earlier, a fire had engulfed much of the business district, including the large Goodwill Building, established in 1882 by Alfred Goodwill, which once housed the largest general store in Louisiana. During the national bank holiday of 1933, the funds of both Minden citizens and businesses were frozen, making recovery from the tornado and the fire more difficult. Two months after the tornado, a summer flood destroyed a third of the crops in the area. Because of these quadruple tragedies, 1933 has been called the "Year of Disaster" in Minden.
* Country singer Hank Williams Sr. married Billie Jean Jones Eshliman in Minden on October 18, 1952.
* Minden has a decent amount of amenities to offer. It has a Walmart, Nintendo World, a bit of hotels, plenty of fast food, a showcase theater and a small contest hall, some public battle fields, Minden Airport, a few shopping centers, Ace Hardware, Brookshire's, Tractor Supply Co., a bit of car dealerships, and a few other things.
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