Gibsland, Louisiana

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Gibsland, Louisiana
Town
Downtown Gibsland
Location of Gibsland in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 32°32′34″N 93°03′34″W / 32.54278°N 93.05944°W / 32.54278; -93.05944
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Bienville
Government
• Mayor	Ray Ivory, Sr. (No Party)
Area [1]
• Total	2.65 sq mi (6.87 km2)
• Land	2.63 sq mi (6.82 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation	272 ft (83 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	773
• Density	293.58/sq mi (113.36/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	318
FIPS code	22-28835

Gibsland is a town in Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 773.^[2] The town is best known for its connecting railroads, as the birthplace of the defunct historically black Coleman College, and for the nearby shootings in 1934 of the bandits Bonnie and Clyde.

Gibsland native John McConathy was a champion basketball player at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, who later was the superintendent for the Bossier Parish School Board, in which capacity he was the guiding force behind the establishment of the $57 million Bossier Parish Community College.^[3]