Mangham, Louisiana
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| Village of Mangham | |
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| Village | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Richland |
| Area | 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km²) |
| - land | 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km²) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km²), 0% |
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| - coordinates | Coordinates: |
| - elevation | 75 ft (22.9 m) |
| Population | 595 (2000) |
| Density | 590.0 /sq mi (227.8 /km²) |
| Established | 1890 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 318 |
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Mangham is a village in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 595 at the 2000 census. The community straddles the border with Franklin Parish. Louisiana Highway 15 runs through Mangham.
Mangham was established in 1890. It is named for Wyley P. Mangham (died 1896), the publisher of the Richland Beacon-News, a weekly newspaper in Rayville, the seat of Richland Parish.
In 2006, Bennie Hixon of Monroe, the seat of neighboring Ouachita Parish, self-published The History of Mangham and the Big Creek--Boeuf River to 1940. Hixon is a former principal of Mangham High School and a retired employee of the Louisiana Health Department.
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[edit] Geography
Mangham is located at (32.308304, -91.776225)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²), all of it land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 595 people, 247 households, and 170 families residing in the town. The population density was 590.0 people per square mile (227.5/km²). There were 268 housing units at an average density of 265.7/sq mi (102.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 59.66% White, 39.83% African American, 0.17% Asian, and 0.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.34% of the population.
There were 247 households out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9% were married couples living together, 27.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.96.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $17,500, and the median income for a family was $23,558. Males had a median income of $22,273 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,813. About 22.0% of families and 28.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.8% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Notable residents
- Keith Owen "Moose" Munyan, Sr. (September 6, 1932 - July 8, 1996), became the head football coach at Mangham High School in 1963 and held the position for twenty-seven years. Teams under Coach Munyan compiled an outstanding record of 204 wins, 78 losses, and 6 ties. He led his teams to sixteen district championships and was selected "District Coach of the Year" on eighteen occasions. Munyan held various offices with the Louisiana High School Coaches Association and was honored by the organization for twenty-five years of service.
- On October 13, 1989, then Mayor Frellsen Reese (1919-2007) proclaimed "Coach Keith 'Moose' Munyan Day" in Mangham. After the 1989 season, Munyan retired from the coaching position at Mangham. He then became an assistant coach with the private Riverfield Academy in Rayville. Munyan graduated from Louisiana College in Pineville, where he lettered in football and baseball. Munyan, a native of Jackson, Ohio, coached in Leesville, the seat of Vernon Parish, in western Louisiana prior to his arrival in Mangham. On February 22, 1992, Munyan was inducted as a charter member of the Louisiana College Sports Hall of Fame.
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- Keith Owen Munyan, Jr. (born 1961), is a commercial photographer in Los Angeles whose client list includes actresses Hilary Duff, Cindy Crawford, and Jessica Simpson. Munyan played on his father's football, basketball, and baseball teams at Mangham High School. He is a former model.
- Mangham resident Robert Max Ross has run unsuccessfully as a Republican for Louisiana governor in 1971 and 1983, the United States Senate in 1984 and 1986, the Louisiana State Senate in 1972, and mayor of Mangham in 2002. He surfaced again in 2007 with an advertisement seeking a candidate to oppose Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., in the October 20 jungle primary. In his last campaign, Ross polled only ten votes (7 percent) to incumbent Mayor Robert Neal Harwell's 141 ballots (93 percent).
- Noble Ellington, a cotton merchant from Winnsboro, is a veteran member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature, having served continuously since 1988. He is a 1960 graduate of Mangham High School.
[edit] References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
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