Dubberly, Louisiana

Dubberly, Louisiana
Village
U.S. Post Office in Dubberly
U.S. Post Office in Dubberly
Location of Dubberly in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Dubberly in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 32°32′23″N 93°14′16″W / 32.53972°N 93.23778°W / 32.53972; -93.23778
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishWebster
Government
Area
 • Total3.95 sq mi (10.22 km2)
 • Land3.94 sq mi (10.20 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
249 ft (76 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total250
 • Density63.47/sq mi (24.51/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code318
FIPS code22-21835
Dubberly Town Hall
Dubberly General Store
Fellowship Baptist Church in Dubberly; Dr. Rick Wolfe senior pastor

Dubberly is a village in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Former Governor Robert F. Kennon was born in Dubberly in 1902 but reared in Minden. James Burton, a popular rock and roll/Country music guitarist, was born in Dubberly in 1939.

Nicholas J. Sandlin, a farmer, lawyer, journalist, district attorney, Webster Parish police juror, state representative, postmaster, Confederate States Army officer and prisoner of war, lived on a plantation near Dubberly in the 1850s.[2] Another state representative from Dubberly, Irvin Talton, held the seat from 1880 to 1884 and was earlier a member of the Webster Parish Police Jury.[3]

Robert L. Frye, the Republican nominee for state education superintendent in 1972, was a former principal at Dubberly High School.[4]

Gene Reynolds, the current District 10 state representative, a Democrat, resides in Dubberly.

Joe Butler, father-in-law of former Webster Parish Sheriff Larkin T. Riser, was the mayor of Dubberly for sixteen years.[5]

Mickey Perryman, a long-term and well-known deputy sheriff, resides in Dubberly, with duties mostly in south Webster Parish.
  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ John A. Agan (2010). Echoes of Our Past: The Civil War Years in Minden. pp. 37–39. ISBN 978-0-557-56490-3. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812 - Current: Webster Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Robert L. Frye". Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, February 6, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  5. ^ "Joe Butler obituary". The Shreveport Times. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

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