DESCRIPTION OF WARD EIGHT, UNION PARISH LOUISIANA

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. HUDSON, 5/2006



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DESCRIPTION OF WARD EIGHT, UNION PARISH LOUISIANA
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As the population of eastern Union Parish increased, the police jury subdivided the 
wards in the latter 1870s or early 1880s. They created Wards Seven and Eight in 
east/central Union Parish, taking portions of Wards Two and Five. Ward Eight was 
originally shaped like a right triangle:

                           ---------
                            \      |
                             \     |
                              \    | <---Ouachita River
          Bayou D'Loutre --->  \   |
                                \  |
                                 \ |
                                  \|
                                    <---- mouth of the Loutre on the Ouachita River


Original Boundaries of Ward Eight, 1870s/1880s - mid-1900s:

Southwestern boundary of Ward Eight:
  ++ from the mouth of Bayou D'Loutre on the Ouachita River, running along 
     the Loutre to the De Loutre community on the range line between Ranges 1 and 2 East 
     (on the modern Highway 33 between Farmerville and Marion)

Northern boundary of Ward Eight:
  ++ the line dividing Townships 21 and 22 North, a horizontal line running about four miles 
     due south of Marion, extending from the northwestern corner of Township 21 North, Range 
     Two East (located on Highway 33, one mile due north of the De Loutre settlement), 
     running due east to the Ouachita River

Eastern boundary of Ward Eight:
  ++ the Ouachita River, from its intersection with the Township 21/22 line about five miles 
     south of Alabama Landing, downriver to the mouth of the Loutre (a few miles south 
     of what is now Sterlington on the river)


The police jury made changes to the boundary of Ward Eight in the mid-1900s, adding much of 
what was formerly Ward Seven to Ward Eight. These changes enlarged Ward Eight considerably 
and moved its southwestern boundary to Bayou D'Arbonne. 

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Sources: 
    Union Parish Police Jury Records
    Union Parish Federal Censuses and Enumerator's Explanations


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