Readhimer, Louisiana

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Readhimer
Unincorporated community
Readhimer road sign
Readhimer road sign
Readhimer is located in Louisiana
Readhimer
Readhimer
Location within the state of Louisiana
Coordinates: 32°6′56″N 92°59′15″W / 32.11556°N 92.98750°W / 32.11556; -92.98750Coordinates: 32°6′56″N 92°59′15″W / 32.11556°N 92.98750°W / 32.11556; -92.98750
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishNatchitoches
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID555761[1]
Briarwood Baptist Church in Readhimer
Pecan Park athletic field south of Readhimer

Readhimer is an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located along Louisiana Highway 9 in far northeastern Natchitoches Parish to the northeast of the parish seat of Natchitoches.

The community is part of the Natchitoches Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located within the Chestnut-Readhimer Water System.[2] Readhimer is east of Ashland and northwest of Goldonna.

Notable people[]

  • Roy Sanders, educator who served for twenty-eight years as the principal of Readhimer High School and from 1948 to 1952 as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He is interred at the Briarwood Baptist Church Cemetery.[3]
  • L. D. Nash, new and upcoming author of several paranormal fantasy series also resides here.

References[]

  1. ^ "Readhimer, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ "Approved Wellhead Protection Program". deq.louisiana.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  3. ^ "Roy Sanders". Winnfield, Louisiana: Winn Parish Enterprise News-American. December 29, 1976. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
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