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Sibley, Louisiana
Town
Sibley Town Hall at site of former Sibley High School
Sibley Town Hall at site of former Sibley High School
Location of Sibley in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Sibley in Webster Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Webster
Area
 • Total 4.00 sq mi (10.35 km2)
 • Land 3.89 sq mi (10.06 km2)
 • Water 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)
Elevation
200 ft (60 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 1,127
 • Density 290.02/sq mi (111.98/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71073
Area code(s) 318
FIPS code 22-70175

Sibley is a small town in southern Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. In 2010, about 1,218 people lived there. It is part of the Minden area.

The old Sibley High School is now called Lakeside Junior/Senior High School. It is located south of town. The Sibley Town Hall moved into part of the old high school building.

Revised Calloway Corners, Sibley, LA IMG 0353
Calloway Corners Bed and Breakfast north of Sibley
Baptist Tabernacle, Sibley, LA (under construction) IMG 0402
Baptist Tabernacle sanctuary under construction in Sibley
Revised First Baptist Church, Sibley, LA IMG 3594
The First Baptist Church of Sibley started in February 1922. It began with fourteen members. It was an outreach from the First Baptist Church of Minden. G. M. Harrell was the first pastor.
Lakeside Junior-Senior High School, Sibley, LA IMG 0362
Lakeside Junior and Senior High School south of Sibley
Revised Sibley United Methodist Church, Sibley, LA IMG 0400
First United Methodist Church in Sibley. Its pastor in 2010 was Milton Geltz. It is next to Lane Memorial Cemetery.
Revised, Lane Memorial Cemetery, Sibley, LA IMG 0401
Lane Memorial Cemetery

In a nearby area called Yellow Pine, there was a place known as "King Solomon Hill." This was a real hill where the King Solomon Hill Baptist Church stood. This community is now called "Salt Works." A historian named Gayle Dean Wardlow believed that Paramount Records gave the blues musician Joe Holmes, who lived in Sibley, the stage name King Solomon Hill because of this place.

Exploring Sibley's Location

Sibley is located at coordinates 32.540704 degrees North and 93.293208 degrees West.

The town covers a total area of about 4.0 square miles (10.4 square kilometers). Most of this area, about 3.9 square miles (10.0 square kilometers), is land. The remaining 0.1 square mile (0.4 square kilometers) is water.

Sibley's Population Over Time

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1920 900 —
1930 422 −53.1%
1940 405 −4.0%
1950 623 53.8%
1960 595 −4.5%
1970 869 46.1%
1980 1,211 39.4%
1990 997 −17.7%
2000 1,098 10.1%
2010 1,218 10.9%
2020 1,127 −7.5%
U.S. Decennial Census
Sibley's Population Makeup in 2020
Group Number of People Percentage
White (not Hispanic) 816 72.4%
Black or African American (not Hispanic) 237 21.03%
Native American 10 0.89%
Asian 3 0.27%
Other/Mixed 20 1.77%
Hispanic or Latino 41 3.64%

As of the 2020 United States census, Sibley had 1,127 people living there. There were 554 households and 396 families in the town.

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