Krotz Springs, Louisiana
| Town of Krotz Springs | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | St. Landry |
| Elevation | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Coordinates | 30°32′15″N 91°45′18″W / 30.53750°N 91.75500°WCoordinates: 30°32′15″N 91°45′18″W / 30.53750°N 91.75500°W |
| Area | 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2) |
| - land | 1.7 sq mi (4 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 1,219 (2000) |
| Density | 705.0/sq mi (272.2/km2) |
| Mayor | Carroll Snyder (D) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP | 70750 |
| Area code | 337 |
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Krotz Springs is a town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana on the Atchafalaya River. The population was 1,219 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Around the turn of the 20th century, an Ohio native, C W Krotz, bought 20,000 acres (81 km2) of woodland around the Atchafalaya Basin and set up a sawmill to trim the trees hauled out of the basin. The tiny settlement that grew up around the mill was called Latania (fan palm), after the bayou of the same name and the types of palm plants found in the area.
Thinking he was sitting on an untapped pool of oil Krotz put down the first oil well in St. Landry Parish, but he struck water instead of oil, the result becoming known as Krotz’s spring. The spring was used to supply water for the developing sawmill town and Krotz even bottled the water, selling it throughout the country.
In 1909, a post office was established in the town, and the obvious choice was Krotz Springs.
Robert A. Moran served as Mayor from 1986-87. He died in office, May 1987. Saturday, November 21, 1987, Rasie Nall (D) defeated Ina Moran (D) in a runoff for Mayor. Four years later, on Saturday, October 6, 1990, Gary Soileau (D) would defeat Larry Martinez Sr. (D) in a landslide victory, carrying 86% of the votes. Gary Soileau would remain mayor until he retired in 2010. The citizens of Krotz Springs elected Carrol Snyder as their mayor on Saturday, October 2, 2010.
Krotz Springs is located at 30°32′15″N 91°45′18″W / 30.53750°N 91.75500°W (30.537565, -91.754926).
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