Pollock, Louisiana
| Pollock, Louisiana | |
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| Motto: "Growing for the Future" | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Grant |
| Elevation | 118 ft (36.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 31°31′29″N 92°24′32″W / 31.52472°N 92.40889°WCoordinates: 31°31′29″N 92°24′32″W / 31.52472°N 92.40889°W |
| Area | 1.29 sq mi (3.3 km2) |
| - land | 1.29 sq mi (3 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 469 (2010) |
| Density | 363.2/sq mi (140.2/km2) |
| Mayor | Jerome Scott |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 318 |
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Pollock is a small town in Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 469 as of the 2010 census, up from 376 at the 2000 census. Pollock and southern Grant Parish have been experiencing residential and business growth in recent years. The population of Pollock increased between the 2000 and 2010 censuses as a result of the annexation of the land surrounding a federal prison, the United States Penitentiary, Pollock.
The town proper that sprang up in 1892 around a sawmill was named in honor of the manager of the Big Creek Sawmill and Lumber Company, Captain James W. Pollock.
In 2013, the Pollock Town Hall relocated to the historic Foster house, built in 1913 and donated to the town by its owners, an arrangement devised by Mayor Jerome Scott. The municipal building is located off Louisiana Highway 8 West and across from a public park.
On June 30, 2015, Patricia Marie Connella Gunter, an Independent, resigned as the District D justice of the peace for Grant Parish amid the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which requires states to offer same-sex marriages and to recognize such unions approved in other states. Gunter is married to the Reverend Brian Keith Gunter, a member of the Reform Party and the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Pollock. Gunter said that she cannot "uphold the oath that I swore, which states that I will uphold the laws of this state and of the country. Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land and eventually, be it a month or a year when the legalities are sorted out, gay marriages will be conducted, and those who refuse would be subjected to ethics complaints and targets for litigation. We just decided that it was best for me to get out of the line of fire when it comes, and it is coming." Gunter had been JP for only four months since her victory in a special election in February 2015.
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