DESCRIPTION OF WARD ONE, UNION PARISH LOUISIANA

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



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DESCRIPTION OF WARD ONE, UNION PARISH LOUISIANA
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Ward One has always been designated as the primary population center of the parish. 
Originally, between 1839 and 1860, this was in the extreme southern portion of the parish, 
along Bayou D'Arbonne and over to what is now Downsville. However, the population center 
shifted with the growth of the parish seat of Farmerville in the 1840s and 1850s, 
casuing the police jury to redraw the ward lines in about 1860 or 1861. Since that time, 
Ward One has included Farmerville and the surrounding region, the geographical center 
of the parish. 

Between 1860 and the mid-1900s, on its eastern side, Ward One extended north to Bayou 
D'Loutre and south to Bayou D'Arbonne. As people ceased to earn their living 
primarily by farming and moved to town, the population of Farmerville increased 
considerably. To keep equal representation on the police jury, they have redrawn 
the ward lines periodically. As a result, Ward One has shrunk in size from what it 
was in the 1860s. It now only includes the Town of Farmerville and a very small region 
around it.

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


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