Wisner, Louisiana
| Wisner, Louisiana | |
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 Downtown Wisner
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Franklin |
| Elevation | 75 ft (22.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 31°58′52″N 91°39′21″W / 31.98111°N 91.65583°WCoordinates: 31°58′52″N 91°39′21″W / 31.98111°N 91.65583°W |
| Area | 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| - land | 0.8 sq mi (2 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 964 (2010) |
| Density | 1,205.0/sq mi (465.3/km2) |
| Mayor | Allyn Luckett (D) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC−6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) |
| Area code | 318 |
 Location in Franklin Parish and the state of Louisiana.
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Wisner is a town in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 964 at the 2010 census, down from 1,140 at the 2000 census.
Wisner was founded by Edward Wisner, a native of Athens, Michigan, whose family came from Switzerland and originally settled in Orange County, New York, in the early 1700s.
The Holly Grove Colored Baptist Church in Wisner was established in the post-slavery period after the Civil War through the work of pastor Eldridge King David Swayzer. One of Swayzer's descendants, Frances Swayzer Conley, an English professor at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City and a resident of Shreveport, has written a pictorial family history entitled Home to Holly Grove: Cherishing Our Rich Heritage.
Wisner is located in southern Franklin Parish at 31°58′52″N 91°39′21″W / 31.98111°N 91.65583°W (31.981030, -91.655866), along U.S. Route 425, which leads north 14 miles (23 km) to Winnsboro, the parish seat, and south 9 miles (14 km) to Sicily Island.
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