Sacksonia, Louisiana

Sacksonia is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States.

The community is located 6.4 miles (10.30 kilometres) W of Delhi, Louisiana.

The community is named after Benjamin Simon “B.S.” Sacksionie a prominent businessman and local proprietor that operated a saw mill near Dunn, Louisiana.

Sacksionie and his colleague named Jacob P. Wolff established the colony around 1908 and operated the saw mill using immigrant labor.

The exports of lumber to Europe was lucrative and a train depot was built to expedite trade.