Wham | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Louisiana |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Louisiana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Ouachita |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 72 |
Coordinates: | 32.6264°N -91.9233°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 556410[1] |
Wham (also Lieber) is an unincorporated community located in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Little is known about the early history of the community, but it is believed that people have been living in the local area since the 1840s.
The community sits on a body of water known as Wham Brake. It has served as a poplular hunting and fishing spot for outdoorsmen since the 1940s. The land is now owned and managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The Wham Brake Project was a habitat restoration project that tended to areas of natural flooding and caused an "increase [in] waterfowl forage production."[2] It was completed in 2017.
An abandoned Texaco from the 1980's sits at the intersection of LA-134 and LA-139.