Louisiana's top hometown was Winnfield. Winnfield is located right smack in the middle of the northern half of the state on the old El Camino Real, old Spanish road to the west. Its population just tops 6,000, but the small city ranked highest on Epodunk's scale for great hometowns. Epodunk staff and others collected statistics related to how many people are born somewhere and actually stay there, how many civic organizations are there and how many people participate, are there historical landmarks and are there community social places, like restaurants. Here's more about Louisiana's top two hometowns. One a small town and other other a city, but both with attractions for residents and visitors alike.
Each spring the fairgrounds is the site of Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials (March) and the Louisiana Forestry Festival (April). A new event being promoted is lawnmower racing. Reigning and recent Louisiana Junior Misses are from Winnfield, as well as a former Miss USA First Runner-Up.
Winnfield is home of the Huey Long Vocational School. Commercially, Winnfield is becoming an antique hunters paradise.
Besides providing regional commercial establishments like Pecanland Mall and the Monroe Airport off Garret Road, Monroe offers culture - the Masur Museum of Art, the African American Museum, the Strauss Theatre Center, Impresario's Choice Theatre, the Monroe Symphony Orchestra, and the Twin City Ballet Company. For young and old there's the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo.
Monroe's oldest television station founded by former governor James Noe, KNOE, has been serving urban and rural north Louisiana for decades. KNOE's sister radio station, FM 102, has also been a favorite of teens since the baby-boomers were young. KNOE has been joined by others in broadcasting, but Monroe is still identitfied with these well-established businesses that literally brought radio and television to rural north Louisiana.
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