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Cullen is a town just south of Springhill in northern Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,296 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area. Bobby Ray Washington, the former mayor of Cullen served as president and vice president of the Louisiana Municipal Association. He resigned from office when questions arose about his residency in Shreveport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Citizens Question Mayor's Residence and Dedication )〕 Washington was succeeded in March 2012 by Dexter Turner, a former police detective in Springhill.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bonnie Culverhouse, "Cullen Mayor dies" )〕 Turner was elected to a full term as mayor in December 2012 and died on March 22, 2013, of an apparent heart attack at the age of forty-nine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Region Briefs: Funeral service set for Cullen mayor, March 26, 2013 )〕 Cullen has a restored Kansas City Southern Railroad museum located across from the International Paper Company container plant. In 2011, Ricky L. Thomas reactivated the Ludwig Ball Park, which had been constructed in 1968 for baseball and softball. After many years of neglect the park was restored and a reunion was held in July 2011, to which all former ball players were invited. At the reunion Thomas presented Coach Billy Dubois a framed picture of his Louisiana-Arkansas All Star team. KTBS, the ABC affiliate in Shreveport, aired a story about Ludwig Ball Park on its station and website. Charles Jacobs, judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court since 2015, is a former town attorney for Cullen. ==Geography== Cullen is located at (32.969335, -93.448092). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cullen, Louisiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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