Sibley, Louisiana
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 Sibley Town Hall at site of former Sibley High School
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Webster |
| Elevation | 200 ft (61.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 32°32′27″N 93°17′36″W / 32.54083°N 93.29333°WCoordinates: 32°32′27″N 93°17′36″W / 32.54083°N 93.29333°W |
| Area | 4.0 sq mi (10.4 km2) |
| - land | 3.9 sq mi (10 km2) |
| - water | 0.1 sq mi (0 km2), 2.5% |
| Population | 1,218 (2010) |
| Density | 284.0/sq mi (109.7/km2) |
| Mayor | Jimmy Williams (No Party) (reelected 2016) Police Chief Jeremy Allen Robinson (No Party) (elected 2012) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 318 |
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Police Chief Jeremy Allen Robinson (No Party) (elected 2012)
Sibley is a town in south Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,218 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The former Sibley High School, now known as Lakeside Junior and Senior High School, is located south of town off Louisiana Highway 7. The Sibley Town Hall was relocated to a portion of the former Sibley High School campus.
North of Sibley is Calloway Corners Bed and Breakfast, refurbished in 1991 by Jeanne Woods, formerly of San Diego, California. Woods turned her business into a vacation destination through Harlequin Enterprises, which produces popular romance novels. Woods said that she chose the white house that had been abandoned in Sibley because "I love this part of the country. The people have great charm. They are so friendly and easy to know. It's so different. People care about people here; they're not caught up in the rush of life." Calloway Corners is featured on the front of several books penned by romance novelists Katherine Burton, Sandra Canfield, Tracy Hughes, and Penny Richards. Woods even got the state of Louisiana and the Webster Parish Police Jury to designate Calloway Corners as a "town" on signs on Highway 7.
The Yellow Pine community south of Sibley began as a sawmill of the Long Bell Company. Yellow Pine was the home of a comissary of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad. The mill employed both white and African American laborers. There were private residences and hotels in Yellow Pine, which was consolidated in 1921 with Sibley.
The American artist Ben Earl Looney was born and reared in Yellow Pine but graduated from Minden High School before launching a career which took him to many parts of the United States.
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