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John M. Houston came south to serve as office manager and surveyor for the railroad
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Watkins Enterprises, were Milton B. McRill, John M. Houston and Philetus Philbrick. McRill joined JB Watkins' venture as a railroad contractor. His job was to build 100 miles (160 km) of railway from
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Soldier's Land Grant of 138.77 acres (56.16 ha) and built a home and store where Highway 165 and Highway 190 now intersect. His customers called the store
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1111:"Coushatta Casino Resort - Louisiana's Best Bet!"
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977:. A roadside marker commemorates the occasion.
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56:Location of Kinder in Allen Parish, Louisiana.
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68:Location of Louisiana in the United States
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1459:communities
1365:Parish seat
1265:December 4,
1218:January 31,
860:Vietnam War
858:during the
818:Beau Jocque
786:other races
764:was 73.79%
759:2000 census
721:Other/Mixed
648:Percentage
632:2020 census
395: /
363:golf course
326:2010 census
96: /
1552:Categories
1475:Lauderdale
1024:References
995:operates:
920:Alexandria
832:Tony Award
751:As of the
383:92°50′48″W
380:30°29′12″N
193:Population
143:Government
84:92°50′48″W
81:30°29′12″N
1514:Footnotes
1442:Elizabeth
1146:April 23,
1044:March 20,
988:Education
885:Civil War
865:Roy Brown
834:-winning
768:, 22.30%
369:Geography
348:Lafayette
277:FIPS code
265:Area code
215:Time zone
185:Elevation
120:Louisiana
1481:Le Blanc
1434:Villages
1304:Archived
1120:April 6,
1066:June 16,
1012:See also
838:producer
836:Broadway
824:musician
790:Hispanic
780:, 0.09%
776:, 1.07%
772:, 1.26%
734:Hispanic
281:22-39755
253:ZIP code
1466:Bernard
1424:Oberlin
1390:Oakdale
1372:Oberlin
1260:MLB.com
1168:June 4,
1095:May 14,
875:History
676:20.88%
645:Number
286:Website
109:Country
1486:Mittie
1447:Reeves
1419:Kinder
822:zydeco
794:Latino
738:Latino
728:4.61%
715:0.05%
702:1.24%
689:2.03%
662:68.2%
659:1,480
620:−12.4%
575:−13.7%
485:−16.2%
425:Census
359:casino
318:Kinder
125:Parish
1470:Grant
1411:Towns
881:Union
778:Asian
766:White
745:3.0%
695:Asian
654:White
642:Race
615:2,170
605:15.3%
600:2,477
590:−4.4%
585:2,148
570:2,246
560:12.8%
555:2,603
540:2,307
530:14.8%
525:2,299
515:41.5%
510:2,003
500:47.2%
495:1,416
470:80.8%
465:1,148
258:70648
241:UTC-5
220:UTC-6
201:2,170
129:Allen
117:State
1382:City
1301:Home
1289:Home
1267:2018
1220:2008
1195:2021
1170:2015
1148:2011
1122:2023
1097:2013
1068:2023
1046:2022
975:WWII
725:100
673:453
611:2020
596:2010
581:2000
566:1990
551:1980
545:0.3%
536:1970
521:1960
506:1950
491:1940
476:1930
461:1920
446:1910
434:Note
429:Pop.
293:.com
156:Area
138:1911
135:Town
32:Town
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742:65
736:or
699:27
686:44
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450:635
346:of
270:337
245:CDT
234:DST
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