History · Junction

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The story so far

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Junction City is a village in Claiborne and Union parishes in Louisiana, United States, and is the twin city of neighboring Junction City, Arkansas. The population was 437 in 2020. The Union Parish portion of Junction City is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 582 to 437 (-25%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Junction yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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1880s2 items · 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps…Commons
1890–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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