Minden, LA
| Minden | |
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| City | |
| City of Minden | |
The combined Minden City Hall and Convention Center opened on Broadway Street in 1970.
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| Coordinates: 32°37′0″N 93°17′0″W / 32.61667°N 93.28333°WCoordinates: 32°37′0″N 93°17′0″W / 32.61667°N 93.28333°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| States |
 Louisiana
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| Founded | 1836 |
| Government | |
| • Government |
Mayor - Marvin Thomas "Tommy" Davis (R) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 13,082 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 71055 |
| Area code(s) | 318 |
| Website | Minden, Louisiana |
Mayor - Marvin Thomas "Tommy" Davis (R)
Police Chief - Steven Wayne Cropper (I)
City Judge - Charles Sherburne Sentell, III (I)
Ward Marshal - Jack "Randy" Shelley (D)
Current City Council by district:
A - Wayne Edwards (D)
B - Fayrine Kennon-Gilbert (D)
C - Vincen "Cheeze" Bradford (D)
D - Michael Scott Toland (R)
E - Lawson Benny Gray (I)
Minden is a small city in and the parish seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, United States. It is located twenty-eight miles (45 km) east of Shreveport in Caddo Parish. The population has been relatively stable since 1960, when it was 12,786. Minden is 51.7 percent African American.
Minden is part of the larger Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area. It is a regional trade center for the neighboring parishes of Bienville and Claiborne, from which Webster Parish was carved in 1871.
Minden has possessed a United States post office since 1839. The current postal building, a 10,000-square-foot structure at 111 South Monroe Street, was completed under a $285,000 contract awarded in 1959 to McInnis Construction Company of Minden.
The community has been served by a newspaper since the 1850s. The current publication, the Minden Press-Herald, is located on Gleason Street south of Broadway. The building was formerly used by a grocery store. The Press-Herald became a daily newspaper on July 18, 1966, but was earlier published as two weekly papers, the Minden Press on Mondays and the Minden Herald on Thursdays. For a time there was also the Webster Signal-Tribune and other publications.
On October 15, 2012, an ordnance bunker at nearby Camp Minden exploded resulting in minor property damage. Camp Minden is the site of the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, once the major area employer. In December 2012, police began the removal of 2,700 tons of explosives from Camp Minden, leading to evacuations in the nearby town of Doyline.
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