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Town of Sarepta

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Population: 886
Mayor:
Pamela Dorsey (D)
(318) 847-4406


Clerk:
Patsy Warford
(318) 847-4333
P. O. Box 338
Sarepta, LA 71071


Chief of Police:
Billy Allen, Jr. (D)




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Parish Info



Named after Mrs. Sarepta Carter, who donated a large Bible to the first church in the area. The village developed slowly and in 1884 a post office was established. The railroad came through in 1898 and the discovery of oil in the area hastened development after 1922. Sarepta was incorporated as a town on May 22nd of 1987.


Type of Government: Mayor / Bd. of Alderman (5) Lawrason Act
Police: 1 officer.
Fire Department: 32 vol.
Fire Rating: 8 in city.
Health Care: See Springhill

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