Gardner, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
Gardner, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana is located in the United States
Gardner, Louisiana
Gardner, Louisiana
Coordinates: 31°16′11″N 92°41′35″W / 31.26972°N 92.69306°W / 31.26972; -92.69306
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishRapides
Elevation
184 ft (56 m)
Population
 • Total1,965
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71431
Area code318
GNIS feature ID547386[1]

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.[2] Gardner has a population of 1,965.[3] Gardner's post office ZIP code 71431.[4][5] China Grove, a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Gardner.[6]

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Gardner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Rapides Parish West Section (PDF) (Map). Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Gandner LA Census Records". April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.


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