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Transylvania, Louisiana

Coordinates: 32°40′42″N 91°10′57″W / 32.67833°N 91.18250°W / 32.67833; -91.18250
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Transylvania
Transylvania: Post office, water tower, and sign for general store.
Transylvania: Post office, water tower, and sign for general store.
Transylvania is located in Louisiana
Transylvania
Transylvania
Location of Transylvania in Louisiana
Coordinates: 32°40′42″N 91°10′57″W / 32.67833°N 91.18250°W / 32.67833; -91.18250
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishEast Carroll
Elevation
98 ft (30 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
71286

Transylvania[1] is an unincorporated community in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of Transylvania was 743.

Geography

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Transylvania is located at 32.66° north, 91.25° west (ZIP Code centroid). It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Lake Providence on U.S. Highway 65, at the junction with LA 581, near the Mississippi River.

The U.S. Census Bureau lacks statistics for the total area, land and water areas of Transylvania.

History

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Mother teaching her children, 1939, Transylvania, Louisiana

Transylvania was named in the early 19th century by Transylvania University alumnus Dr. W. L. Richards. He bought large acreage in the northern Louisiana area and named the town after his beloved school, still in existence today in Lexington, Kentucky.

As the name of Transylvania is associated by many people in the United States with the Hollywood Dracula movies, the general store in the town sells Dracula- and bat-related merchandise to people passing through on Highway 65.

On the afternoon of Sunday, February 21, 1971, a large and long-tracked F5 tornado impacted Transylvania.

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