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Location and Contact
Mayor & Board of Aldermen
Mayor & Board of Aldermen
Bunkie City Hall
105 Walnut Street
P.O. Box 630
Bunkie, Louisiana 71322
Phone: 318-346-7663
Fax: 318-346-4125
Email: cityhall@cgdsl.net
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm.
Mayor & Board of Aldermen
Mayor & Board of Aldermen
Mayor & Board of Aldermen
Brenda C Sampson
Mayor
Vanessa Juneau
At Large
Sullivan “Butch” Batiste
District 1
Courtney “Coco” Sampson
District 2
Kendricks Johnson
District 3
Jerrod Normand
District 4
Departments
Mayor & Board of Aldermen
Online Payments
Keatina H. Reynolds, LCMC
City Clerk, Treasurer, and Tax Collector
Louis "Buddy" Redmon, III
Superintendent
Nicholas Ducote
Fire Chief
Dan B McKay Jr.
City Attorney
Julius Mayes
Chief of Police
Board of Aldermen Meeting
Board of Aldermen Meeting
Board of Aldermen Meeting
Second Thursday of every month
6:00 pm. City Hall Annex 107 W. Oak St.
Code of Ordinances
Board of Aldermen Meeting
Board of Aldermen Meeting
About Bunkie
Bunkie History
Irion was the original name given to the area now called Bunkie. The first settler in the vicinity was a Major Irion, who came to Avoyelles Parish in 1822, having seen service in the War of 1812.
In 1878, Captain Samuel Haas, who had taken part in the Civil War, settled in this area and soon became the largest landowner in this part of Av
Irion was the original name given to the area now called Bunkie. The first settler in the vicinity was a Major Irion, who came to Avoyelles Parish in 1822, having seen service in the War of 1812.
In 1878, Captain Samuel Haas, who had taken part in the Civil War, settled in this area and soon became the largest landowner in this part of Avoyelles Parish. In l882, the Texas and Pacific Railway was seeking the right-of-way across his land. In exchange for permission, Captain Haas was given the privilege of naming the train station.
Legend has it that the Captain brought his small daughter a toy monkey from a trip to New Orleans. In her excitement, little Maccie Haas mispronounced the word "monkey" with "Bunkie". From then on she was his little "Bunkie".
When given the opportunity to name the new depot the captain suggested his daughter's nickname, Bunkie.
Bunkie Corn Festival
Bunkie hosts the Louisiana Corn Festival every second full weekend in June. The festival was started in 1987 by the Bunkie Chamber of Commerce to showcase the impact of agriculture on the economy.
The yearly event features live bands and street dances, arts and crafts booths, food booths, carnival rides, and cooking and eating contests.
Bunkie Notables
Bunkie Notables
- Bunkie is the birthplace of jazz drummer Zutty Singleton.
- Sue Eakin, Louisiana historian and former publisher of the Bunkie Record. Her works include Avoyelles Parish: Crossroads of Louisiana and her definitive version of Twelve Years a Slave.
- Physician Donald E. Hines, a former member of the Louisiana State Senate, served from 2004 to 2008
- Bunkie is the birthplace of jazz drummer Zutty Singleton.
- Sue Eakin, Louisiana historian and former publisher of the Bunkie Record. Her works include Avoyelles Parish: Crossroads of Louisiana and her definitive version of Twelve Years a Slave.
- Physician Donald E. Hines, a former member of the Louisiana State Senate, served from 2004 to 2008 as Senate president.
- Ronnie Johns, a member of the Louisiana State Senate, grew up in Bunkie and graduated from Bunkie High School in 1967.
- Seymour Weiss, former owner and manager of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, close confidant of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and prominent New Orleans civic leader, was born in Bunkie in 1896.
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