Echo, Louisiana

Echo (also Bijou, Bijou Station) is an unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 71330.[2]

Echo, Louisiana
Echo, Louisiana
Echo, Louisiana
Coordinates: 31°06′37″N 92°14′30″W
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishRapides
Elevation
62 ft (19 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71330
Area code(s)318
GNIS feature ID534761[1]

History

In 1907 a mob lynched Henry Johnson, a middle-aged negro man was taken from jail by a mob of 150 white men, who shot him around 50 times.[3]

Notes

  1. "Echo, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. "Negro lynched by mob". The Starkville News. Starkville, Mississippi. Jul 5, 1907. Retrieved 23 December 2019 via Newspapers.com.



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