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Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located across the Red River from the larger Alexandria. Pineville is hence part of the Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,555 at the 2010 census. It had been 13,829 in 2000; population hence grew by 5 percent over the preceding decade. The Central Louisiana State Hospital, the Pinecrest Supports and Services Center, the
Huey P. Long Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
Memorial Hospital (closed), the Alexandria Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the
Alexandria National Cemetery Alexandria National Cemetery is the name of two US National Cemeteries: *Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia) Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, of approximately , located in the city of Alexandria, ...
are all located in Pineville. The city is also home to several large non-government employers including Baker Manufacturing, Procter & Gamble, Crest Industries, and Dresser Industrial Valve.


Original LSU in Pineville

Louisiana State University was founded by the Louisiana General Assembly in 1853. It was founded under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy and was located near Pineville. The first academic session began on January 2, 1860, with General William Tecumseh Sherman of Ohio as superintendent.


Geography

Pineville is located at (31.338781, −92.412485). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.1 square miles (31.3 km2), of which 11.5 square miles (29.7 km2) is land and 0.6 square mile (1.6 km2) (4.97%) is water.


Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot and humid summers and mild winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Pineville has a
humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...
, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.


Demographics


2020 census

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 14,384 people, 5,065 households, and 3,063 families residing in the city.


2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,829 people, 4,994 households, and 3,121 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,204.8 people per square mile (465.1/km2). There were 5,448 housing units at an average density of 474.6 per square mile (183.2/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 69.57% White, 26.08% African American, 0.51% Native American, 1.90%
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, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 1.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or
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of any race were 1.14% of the population. There were 4,994 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.00. In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $29,159, and the median income for a family was $37,735. Males had a median income of $30,205 versus $21,154 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,969. About 14.3% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 19.9% of those age 65 or over.


Museums

Pineville houses two unique museums. The
Louisiana Maneuvers The Louisiana Maneuvers were a series of major U.S. Army exercises held in 1941 in northern and west-central Louisiana, an area bounded by the Sabine River to the west, the Calcasieu River to the east, and by the city of Shreveport to the nort ...
Museum provides insight into the huge maneuvers that prepared the United States for World War II and promoted the career of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, known for his organizational skills. Old Town Hall Museum "is the only museum in the entire state of Louisiana dedicated to municipal government".


Government and infrastructure

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
J. Levy Dabadie Correctional Center J. Levy Dabadie Correctional Center (JLDCC or DCC) was a men's prison adjacent to the Louisiana National Guard base on the grounds of Camp Beauregard and in Pineville, Louisiana.Camp Beauregard Camp Beauregard is a U.S. Army installation located northeast of Pineville, Louisiana, primarily in Rapides Parish, but also extending northward into Grant Parish. It is operated and owned by the Louisiana National Guard as one of their main t ...
and in Pineville.Time in Prison
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It closed in July 2012. From 1939 to 2014, the former Huey P. Long Medical Center, a state charity hospital named for Governor and
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, operated on Main Street in Pineville. Officials are seeking to have the structure placed into the National Register of Historic Places, under the original name of Huey P. Long Memorial Hospital. The Curtis-Coleman Memorial Bridge, the replacement for the former O. K. Allen Bridge, named for former Governor
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, links Alexandria and Pineville across the Red River. The bridge is named for two African-American politicians, former state Representative
Israel "Bo" Curtis Israel Benjamin "Bo" Curtis (September 11, 1932 – February 16, 2012) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 26th district of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Life and career Curtis attended Peabody Magne ...
of Alexandria and Lemon Coleman (1935–2015), the first Black person to serve on the Pineville City Council. Coleman unseated the white incumbent, William George "Willie" Goleman (1899–1976), a fellow
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, in the 1974 election in a majority white-voter council district.


National Guard

Located adjacent to the city is
Camp Beauregard Camp Beauregard is a U.S. Army installation located northeast of Pineville, Louisiana, primarily in Rapides Parish, but also extending northward into Grant Parish. It is operated and owned by the Louisiana National Guard as one of their main t ...
. Operated by the Louisiana
Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized Militia (United States), militia force and a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States A ...
, it is the headquarters of the
225th Engineer Brigade The 225th Engineer Brigade is a combat heavy engineer brigade of the Louisiana Army National Guard. It is one of the largest engineer formations in the United States Army National Guard. The 225th Engineer Brigade is headquartered at Camp Beaure ...
and is one of the largest engineer units in the US Army.


Education

In 1906, the
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–affiliated Louisiana College opened in Pineville. The Rapides Parish School Board operates public schools.


Liquor sales in restaurants

Until a special election held on October 19, 2013, Pineville had long been a fully
dry Dry or dryness most often refers to: * Lack of rainfall, which may refer to ** Arid regions ** Drought * Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages * Dry humor, deadpan * Dryness (medica ...
city, with no alcohol available legally in the community. Voters in the 1980s maintained that stance in a referendum. The late Mayor
Fred Baden Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodr ...
was particularly known for his opposition to liquor sales. Mayor Clarence Fields, who has held his office since 1999, pushed for another referendum to permit the sale of liquor in restaurants. Nearly four years after Baden's death, the measure was roundly approved by voters in the special election, 1,849 (78 percent) to 515 (22 percent). Nine restaurants in Pineville had received permits to serve alcohol since January 2014. Fields claims that allowing limited liquor sales, requested by area developers, will boost economic development, particularly along the riverfront. According to Fields, members of the clergy, including city council member Nathan Martin of the Christian Challenge Worship Center in Pineville, did not oppose the call for liquor sales: "We've had a lot of conversations with our religious community, and all of the ministers I have spoken with are favorable.". The liquor referendum was authored by
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Rick Gallot Richard Joseph Gallot, Jr., known as Rick Gallot (born April 1966), is the current president of Grambling State University and was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 29 In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on Oct ...
. In the previous referendum in 1981, liquor sales in restaurants had not been one of the options available for consideration. Gallot's Senate Bill 116 allows cities within the population range of 13,500 to 16,500 to call for an election to permit restaurants to sell alcoholic beverages. The Pineville City Council then voted unanimously to place the referendum on the special election ballot.


Notable people

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Joe W. Aguillard Joe Wallace Aguillard (born July 15, 1956) served as the eighth president of the Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana. Background Presidential record Failed Promises of Law, Medical, ...
, president of Louisiana College from 2005 to 2014 * Rick Brewer, president of Louisiana College since 2015 *
Faith Ford Faith Alexis Ford (born September 14, 1964) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Corky Sherwood on the CBS sitcom '' Murphy Brown'', for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and as Hope Shanowski on the A ...
, actress *
W. C. Friley William Christopher Friley, known as W. C. Friley (July 12, 1845 – April 11, 1911), was a Southern Baptist clergyman and college president. He was from 1892 to 1894 the first president of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, Abilene ...
, president of Louisiana College from 1909 to 1910 *
Lawrence T. Fuglaar Lawrence Tyler Fuglaar, Sr. (September 6, 1895 – April 18, 1972), was a Democrat from Pineville, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1948 to 1952 during the second administration of Governor Earl Kemp Long. ...
, state representative for Rapides Parish from 1948 to 1952 * Justin Gaston, actor, model, and singer who was also a contestant on '' Nashville Star''. *
G. Earl Guinn George Earl Guinn, known as G. Earl Guinn (August 21, 1912 – June 7, 2004), was from 1951 to 1975 the fifth president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana Christian University in Pineville, Louisiana. Background Guinn was the youngest ...
, president of Louisiana College from 1951 to 1975 * Jeff Hall, state representative for District 26 in Rapides Parish; former Pineville resident * Henry E. Hardtner, lumber magnate, state legislator, and forestry conservationist, born in Pineville in 1870 *
Ben F. Holt Benjamin F. Holt, known as Ben F. Holt (November 1, 1925 – September 18, 1995), was a Conservative Democrat from Pineville, Louisiana, who served a single term in the Louisiana House of Representatives for Rapides Parish from 1956 to 1960 ...
, state representative from Rapides Parish from 1956 to 1960 * Anjanette Kirkland, track and field athlete *
Rory Lee Rory R. Lee (born April 14, 1949) is a Southern Baptist clergyman, educator, and former college administrator and president who has been since 2004 the executive director of Baptist Children's Village, a statewide ministry based in Ridgeland, Mis ...
, president of Louisiana College from 1997 to 2004 *
Rashard Lewis Rashard Quovon Lewis (born August 8, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. Lewis entered the NBA directly from Alief Elsik High School. He rose to prominence in the NBA as a scorer with the Seattle SuperSonics, and was later ...
, professional basketball player with the Miami Heat *
Robert L. Lynn Robert Lee Lynn (November 19, 1931 – September 8, 2020) was a prize-winning poet in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, who from 1975 to 1997 was the sixth president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana Christian University in Pineville, Louisian ...
, Louisiana College president from 1975 to 1997; now a poet in Duluth, Georgia *
Hugh Thompson Jr. Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a United States Army Major, and a former warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai Massacre of the S ...
, United States Army major who played a role in ending the My Lai massacre in the Vietnam War; he died in Pineville. * Tommy Tenney,
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and author *
Kenny Mixon Kenneth Jermaine Mixon (born May 31, 1975) is a former National Football League (NFL) defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins. High school career Mixon attended Pineville High School in Pineville, Louisiana. While th ...
, played football at Pineville High, LSU and with NFL.


Pineville gallery

Image:Pineville, LA welcome sign IMG_4373.JPG, Pineville welcome sign Image:Buhlow Lake in Pineville, LA IMG 1168.JPG, Buhlow Lake hosts boat races and other recreational events. The
O.K. Allen Oscar Kelly Allen Sr. (August 8, 1882 – January 28, 1936), also known as O. K. Allen, was the 42nd Governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936. Allen succeeded Alvin Olin King, who served briefly in the state's highest office after Huey Long ...
Bridge atop the Red River is in the background. Image:Entrance to Louisiana College, Pineville, LA IMG_4369.JPG, Entrance to Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville Image:Pineville City Hall IMG 1102.JPG, Pineville City Hall was completed in 1974 during the administration of Mayor
Fred Baden Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodr ...
. Image:First Baptist, Pineville, LA IMG_1101.JPG, First Baptist Church of Pineville is located across the street from City Hall. Image:Downtown Pineville, LA IMG_1112.JPG, Main Street in Pineville near the Community Center Image:Graves at Greenwood Memorial Park IMG_1121.JPG, A glimpse of the large Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Pineville Image:Pond at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, LA IMG_1117.JPG, Peaceful pond at Greenwood Memorial Park Image:Mt. Olivet Cemetery IMG_1166.JPG, Mt. Olivet
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Chapel and Cemetery in Pineville; former Mayor Fred Baden is interred there. Image:Kingsville Baptist Church IMG_1092.JPG, Kingsville Baptist Church off
U.S. Highway 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 ...
Image:Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Pineville, LA.JPG, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery across from Kingsville Baptist Church Image:Kees Park in Pineville, LA IMG_1173.JPG, Kees Park off
Louisiana Highway 28 Louisiana Highway 28 (LA 28) is a state highway located in central Louisiana. It runs in an east–west direction from the junction of U.S. Highway 171 (US 171) and LA 8 in Leesville to US 84 west of Jonesville. Route des ...
East in Pineville is named for businessman and postmaster William "Billy" Keys, Sr. (1881-1938), the father of Willie E. Kees, Jr., the mayor of Pineville from 1946 to 1952. Image:Procter and Gamble in Pineville, LA IMG 1172.JPG, Procter & Gamble plant off U.S. Highway 165 in north Pineville


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City of Pineville
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