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Gardner, Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana
Location in Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana is located in the United States
Gardner, Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Rapides
Elevation
184 ft (56 m)
Population
 • Total 1,965
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71431
Area code(s) 318
GNIS feature ID 547386

Gardner is an unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. Gardner is part of the Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the junction of Louisiana highways 28 and 121, 15 miles (24 km) west-southwest of Alexandria. Gardner has a population of 1,965. Gardner's post office ZIP code 71431. China Grove, a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Gardner.

B.G. Dyess, a Southern Baptist pastor for seventy-three years and a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1996 to 2000, was born in the Gardner Community in 1922 and is interred there at the Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery.

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