Hicks is an unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1]

A post office called Hicks was established in 1887 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1992.[2]

Hicks High School enrolls nearly four hundred pupils.[3]

The Hicks Pentecostal Church Cemetery located in the community. It is the resting place of 30th Judicial District Court Judge Jim Mitchell.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hicks, Louisiana
  2. ^ "Vernon Parish". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Hicks High School". greatschools.org. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  4. ^ "Obituary: Judge James "Jim" Mitchell". Leesville Daily Leader. Retrieved July 26, 2015.

31°11′06″N 93°00′58″W / 31.18500°N 93.01611°W / 31.18500; -93.01611


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