| Vienna, Louisiana | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Image Map1: | Louisiana in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Louisiana in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 32.6067°N -92.6508°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lincoln |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Walter Carpenter (R) |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.98 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.47 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.98 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.47 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 262 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 483 |
| Population Density Km2: | 53.78 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 139.31 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Area Code: | 318 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-78540 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Vienna is a town in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 483 in 2020.
During the American Civil War, Confederate troops drilled at a new camp established in 1862 in Vienna. Later in the war, a parolee camp was established at Vienna.[2]
Vienna was the parish seat of Lincoln Parish from its creation in 1873 until 1884, when a parish-wide vote moved it to the new railroad town of Ruston.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Daniel Colvin settled near what is now Vienna in about 1812.
The Colvins operated a store or relay station of some kind. Their house was near the trail that led from Monroe to Shreveport. Jephthah (son of Daniel) opened the first post office in the region in 1838, originally known as Colvin's Post Office. The name was changed to Vienna in 1850.[7] [8]
Vienna was an overnight stop the stagecoaches on the Monroe-Shreveport Stagecoach Road (later called the Old Wire Road).[9]
Vienna is located in central Lincoln Parish at (32.606779, -92.650746).[10] U.S. Routes 63 and 167 pass through the center of town together, leading south 5miles to Ruston, the parish seat, and north to Bernice. Vienna is north of Exit 85 on Interstate 20 in Ruston.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Vienna has a total area of 9sqkm, all land.[11]
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 406 | 84.06% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 21 | 4.35% | |
| Asian | 3 | 0.62% | |
| Other/Mixed | 24 | 4.97% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 6.0% |