Dubberly, Louisiana
Dubberly is a village in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Dubberly, Louisiana | |
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Village | |
U.S. Post Office in Dubberly | |
Location of Dubberly in Webster Parish, Louisiana. | |
Location of Louisiana in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′23″N 93°14′16″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Webster |
| Government | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.95 sq mi (10.22 km2) |
| • Land | 3.94 sq mi (10.20 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 250 |
| • Density | 63.47/sq mi (24.51/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 318 |
| FIPS code | 22-21835 |
Former Governor Robert F. Kennon was born in Dubberly in 1902 but reared in Minden. James Burton, a popular rock and roll/Country music guitarist, was born in Dubberly in 1939.
Nicholas J. Sandlin, a farmer, lawyer, journalist, district attorney, Webster Parish police juror, state representative, postmaster, Confederate States Army officer and prisoner of war, lived on a plantation near Dubberly in the 1850s. Another state representative from Dubberly, Irvin Talton, held the seat from 1880 to 1884 and was earlier a member of the Webster Parish Police Jury.
Robert L. Frye, the Republican nominee for state education superintendent in 1972, was a former principal at Dubberly High School.
Gene Reynolds, the current District 10 state representative, a Democrat, resides in Dubberly.
Joe Butler, father-in-law of former Webster Parish Sheriff Larkin T. Riser, was the mayor of Dubberly for sixteen years.