Bunkie, Louisiana
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Bunkie is a city in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,171 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>
History
[edit]Bunkie was founded as a station terminus on the Texas and Pacific Railroad line. It was named for the daughter (whose nickname was "Bunkie") of the original landowner.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The federal post office in town contains a mural, Cotton Pickers, painted in 1939 during the Great Depression by Caroline Speare Rohland. Federally commissioned murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department. This work was part of the effort by the federal government to employ artists during the difficult Depression years.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The area around Bunkie is devoted to agriculture; since the late 20th century, corn has been an important commodity crop. Since 1987, Bunkie has hosted the annual Louisiana Corn Festival during the second full weekend of June.<ref>Louisiana Corn Festival</ref>
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 0.57%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
Climate
[edit]Demographics
[edit]| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,070 | 31.98% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 2,041 | 61.0% |
| Native American | 9 | 0.27% |
| Asian | 10 | 0.3% |
| Other/Mixed | 149 | 4.45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 67 | 2.0% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,346 people, 1,702 households, and 1,227 families residing in the city.
Notable people
[edit]- Sue Eakin, Louisiana historian and former publisher of the Bunkie Record<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Donald E. Hines, Physician and former member of the Louisiana State Senate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ronnie Johns, a member of the Louisiana State Senate
- Zutty Singleton jazz drummer
- Seymour Weiss, prominent New Orleans civic leader, born in Bunkie in 1896.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>