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Dry Prong
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Population: 380
Mayor:
John Landry (D)
(318) 899-5186
Clerk:
Name
(318) 899-5341
403 Grove St.
Dry Prong, LA 71023
Chief of Police:
Charles D. Turner (D)
Grant
Parish Info
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In the 1870s a family moved into this locality during the winter months and attempted to build a water mill. There was plenty of water in the stream at the time, but before the mill was completed they found out that the creek went dry during the summer. A sawmill was later completed on a nearby creek that ran year-round but the name Dry Prong remained as a community began to grow around it.
A railroad was built through the area in 1905 and agriculture and timber began to attract more people and prosperity. Dry Prong was incorporated as a village in 1945.
Type of Government: Mayor and Bd. of Alderman (3) Lawrason Act
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