Editing Baldwin, Louisiana

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'''Baldwin''' is a [[town]] in [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 2,436 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2204020| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212182913/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2204020| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Baldwin town, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 29, 2013}}</ref> down from 2,497 in [[2000 United States Census|2000]]. It is part of the [[Morgan City, Louisiana|Morgan City]] [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]]. Its population is majority African American. The town has been home to educational institutions for white and "colored" students.

==History==
The community was named for [[John Baldwin (educator)|John Baldwin]], the Ohio educator who founded what would later become [[Baldwin-Wallace University]]. In 1867, Baldwin purchased the Darby plantation in Louisiana, a plantation of about {{convert|1700|acre|km2}}. His residence there, [[Darby House (Baldwin, Louisiana)|Darby House]], remained in his family until 1937 and is now listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/82004678 | title=NPGallery Asset Detail }}</ref>

Gilbert Academy and Industrial School was in Baldwin.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qn5OAAAAMAAJ&q=baldwin+academy+.louisiana | title=Negro education: A study of the private and higher schools for colored people in the United States | date=1917 }}</ref> It became Godman Industrial School and 14 years after closing in 1978 became the [[United Methodist Committee on Relief]] (UMCOR) Sager Brown campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Short History of UMCOR Sager Brown |url=https://www.ctcumc.org/files/fileshare/center+for+mission+support/short+history+of+umcor+sager+brown.pdf |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=www.ctcumc.org}}</ref> The Louisiana physician and politician [[Alvan Lafargue]] practiced in Baldwin, his wife's hometown, prior to 1915.

The [[Tillandsia (Baldwin, Louisiana)|Tillandsia]] residence, built by John Baldwin Sr., is listed on the National Register of Historic Places ([[National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=NRHP |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/82004679_text |website=npgallery.nps.gov}}</ref> [[Cypremort Point State Park]] is located 22 miles (35&nbsp;km) southwest of Baldwin.

==Geography==
Highways include [[Louisiana Highway 182]] and [[Louisiana Highway 83]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|8.3|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1920= 964
|1930= 822
|1940= 984
|1950= 1138
|1960= 1548
|1970= 2117
|1980= 2644
|1990= 2379
|2000= 2497
|2010= 2436
|2020= 1762
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Baldwin racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2204020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
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!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 513
| 29.11%
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!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,105
| 62.71%
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!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 21
| 1.19%
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!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 9
| 0.51%
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!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.06%
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!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 77
| 4.37%
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!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 36
| 2.04%
|}
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As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,762 people, 804 households, and 447 families residing in the town.

==Education==
[[St. Mary Parish School Board]] operates public schools.
[[West St. Mary High School]] is near Baldwin.

==References==
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{{St. Mary Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana]]