Bosco is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Ouachita Parish ( French: ''Paroisse d'Ouachita'') is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,368. The parish seat is Monroe. The parish was formed in 1807. Ouachita Parish ...

, United States. The community is positioned off

U.S. Route 165 U.S. Route 165 is a north–south United States highway spur of U.S. Highway 65. It currently runs for 412 miles (663 km) from U.S. Route 90 in Iowa, Louisiana north to U.S. Highway 70 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The route passes throu ...

near the boundary with

Caldwell Parish Caldwell Parish (french: Paroisse de Caldwell) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,132, making it the fifth-least populous parish in Louisiana. The parish seat is Columbia. Most res ...

and is located 12 miles north of Columbia, 15 miles south of Monroe and 23 miles west of Winnsboro.

History

It was named after the Boscobel plantation. Negro league baseball player

Sam Holmes Samuel Holmes may refer to: *Samuel Jackson Holmes Samuel Jackson Holmes (March 7, 1868 – March 5, 1964California Death Records. – California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research.) was an American zoologist ...

was born in Bosco.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area