Elton is a town in

Jefferson Davis Parish Jefferson Davis Parish (french: Paroisse de Jefferson Davis) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 31,594. The parish seat is Jennings. Jefferson Davis Parish is named after the president ...

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

, United States. The population was 992 at the 2020 census, down from 1,128 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

Jennings Jennings is a surname of early medieval English origin (also the Anglicised version of the Irish surnames Mac Sheóinín or MacJonin). Notable people with the surname include: *Jennings (Swedish noble family) A–G *Adam Jennings (born 1982), A ...

Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The wife of pioneer settler J. M. Henderson is said to have chosen the name "Elton" for her home town from a book in which she read of an English town named

Elton Elton may refer to: Places England * Elton, Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), a village ** Elton Hall, a baronial hall * Elton, Cheshire, a village and civil parish * Elton, County Durham, a village and civil parish * Elton, Derbyshire, ...

. That was probably the town on the northwest coast of England in

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near

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. Elton, Louisiana, was incorporated as a village in 1911.

Geography

Elton is in northeast Jefferson Davis Parish and is bordered to the north by

Allen Parish Allen Parish (french: Paroisse d'Allen) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,764. The parish seat is Oberlin and the largest city is Oakdale. Allen Parish is in southwestern Louisia ...

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passes through the town, leading east to

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and west to Kinder.

, the Jefferson Davis Parish seat, is to the south of Elton via

Louisiana Highway 26 Louisiana Highway 26 (LA 26) is a state highway located in southwestern Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th ...

. According to the

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, the town of Elton has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

2020 United States census The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ...

, there were 992 people, 504 households, and 291 families residing in the town.

Education

Jefferson Davis Parish Public Schools Jefferson Davis Parish Public Schools or Jefferson Davis Parish School Board (JDPSB) is a school district headquartered in Jennings, Louisiana, United States. The district covers Jefferson Davis Parish. School uniforms The district requires all ...

operates public schools in Elton. Schools serving Elton, within Elton, include Elton Elementary School (PK-5) and

Elton High School The Elton High School is a mixed secondary school located on Walshaw Road to the north-west of Bury town centre in Greater Manchester. The Elton High School was recognised as "Good" school with "Outstanding" features by Ofsted following inspecti ...

(6-12).

Jefferson Davis Parish Library Jefferson Davis Parish (french: Paroisse de Jefferson Davis) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 31,594. The parish seat is Jennings. Jefferson Davis Parish is named after the president ...

operates the Elton Branch at 813 Main Street.

Notable people

* Al Woods- American football player for the

Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...

*Leo Thomas,

Zydeco Zydeco ( or , french: Zarico) is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native American people of Louisiana. Al ...

drummer and vocalist *Leroy Thomas,

vocalist and musician known as "The Jewel of the Bayou." Son of Leo Thomas *Joseph F. Fuselier, first sheriff of

References

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