Heflin, Louisiana

Heflin is a village in southern Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States.

On April 5, 2013, voters by a margin of 50-30 recalled Mayor Judy Tillman, a Democrat, from office.

[2] No candidate qualified to fill the mayor's office in a special election scheduled for October 19.

[4] Heflin is named for Alabama native Charles Buckner Heflin (1829-1910), a veteran of the Confederate Army who thereafter operated a cotton gin and was engaged in the planting and mercantile business in south Webster Parish.

One of Charles Heflin's sons, William Thomas Heflin (1868-1936), a native of Webster Parish, was engaged in the timber business and was elected in 1916 as the sheriff of Winn Parish in North Louisiana.

Heflin United Methodist Church
Heflin Baptist Church; pastor Dr. Mike Hawkins (2011)