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Morehouse Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,979. The parish seat is Bastrop. The parish was formed in 1844. Morehouse Parish comprises the Bastrop, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Monroe
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–Bastrop, LA Combined Statistical Area.


History

Francois Bonaventure built a house on 2000~acre tract in 1775 in Bastrop, Louisiana. Morehouse Parish is named after Colonel
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, who served in the Revolutionary War. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, Morehouse County was a stronghold of the
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. During the trial for the 1922 Lynchings of Mer Rouge, Louisiana, many witnesses testified that county officials including Sheriff Fred Carpenter, his deputies, the
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, and the
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were Klan members. However the grand jury, itself likely made up largely of Klan members, dismissed the case.


Geography

According to the
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, the parish has a total area of , of which is land and (1.4%) is water.


Major highways

*
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 ...
*
U.S. Highway 425 U.S. Route 425 (US 425) is a north–south United States highway that travels in the U.S. states of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. It was first commissioned in 1989. The route's northern terminus is in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, at a ...
* Louisiana Highway 2 *
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Adjacent counties and parishes

* Union County, Arkansas (northwest) * Ashley County, Arkansas (north) *
Chicot County Chicot County ( ) is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,800. The county seat is Lake Village. Chicot County is Arkansas's 10th county, formed on October 25, 1 ...
, Arkansas (northeast) *
West Carroll Parish West Carroll Parish (french: link=no, Paroisse de Carroll Ouest) is a parish located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,751. The parish seat is Oak Grove. The parish was fo ...
(east) * Richland Parish (southeast) * Ouachita Parish (southwest) *
Union Parish Union Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de l'Union'') is a parish located in the north central section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,107. The parish seat is Farmerville. The parish was created on Ma ...
(west)


National protected areas

* Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge *
Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1978 and is located in Union and Morehouse Parishes in northern Louisiana. Wildlife and habitat Eighteen miles long and up to wide, the refuge consists of over of bottomland hardwood ...
(part)


Demographics


2020 census

As of the
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, there were 25,629 people, 9,732 households, and 6,194 families residing in the parish.


2010 census

As of the
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, there were 27,979 people living in the parish. 51.3% were White, 46.9% Black or African American, 0.4%
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, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.3% of some other race and 1.0% of two or more races. 0.9% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).


2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 31,021 people, 11,382 households, and 8,320 families living in the parish. The population density was 39 people per square mile (15/km2). There were 12,711 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/km2). The racial makeup of the parish was 55.76% White, 43.36% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.18%
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, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.44% from two or more races. 0.74% of the population were Hispanic or
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of any race. There were 11,382 households, out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.10% were
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living together, 19.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.90% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.14. In the parish the population was spread out, with 27.50% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 21.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.10 males. The median income for a household in the parish was $25,124, and the median income for a family was $31,358. Males had a median income of $31,385 versus $18,474 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $13,197. About 21.30% of families and 26.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.90% of those under age 18 and 23.80% of those age 65 or over.


Law enforcement

The Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office (MPSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of Morehouse Parish. It falls under the authority of the
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, who is the chief law enforcement officer of the parish. the sheriff of Morehouse Parish is Mike Tubbs. The Sheriff's Office operates the following facilities: *Headquarters - The headquarters building is located at 351 South Franklin Street in Bastrop. *Morehouse Parish Jail - The Morehouse Parish Jail is located at 250 East Walnut Street in Bastrop. The jail presently houses approximately 70 inmates, and employs twenty full-time and part-time Corrections Officers. *Morehouse Parish Detention Center - The Morehouse Parish Detention Center is located at 6444 Patey Road in Collinston. The Detention Center presently houses approximately 272 inmates, and employs thirty three Correction Officers. Since the formation of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office, one deputy has been killed in the line of duty.


Politics

In 1975,
Edwards Barham Erle Edwards Barham (July 10, 1937 – October 17, 2014) was a Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with ...
, a farmer and businessman from Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish, became the first Republican elected to the
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since the era of Reconstruction. Barham won his seat by eighty-nine votes. He was unseated after a single term in office in 1979 by the
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David 'Bo' Ginn :Not related to ''Ronald 'Bo' Ginn'', former U.S. representative from Georgia's 1st congressional district Charles David Ginn, known as David 'Bo' Ginn Williams (1 August 1927 - 2006), is a Democrat former member of the Louisiana State Senate ...
of Bastrop. In the
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, Morehouse Parish cast 6,591 votes (52.3 percent) for Republican nominee
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.
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Barack Obama trailed with 5,888 ballots (46.7 percent). In
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, Republican
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prevailed in Morehouse Parish with 7,258 votes (55 percent) to Barack Obama's 5,792 ballots (43.9 percent).


Education

Morehouse Parish School Board Morehouse Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in an unincorporated area of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States, near the city of Bastrop, the parish seat. The district serves Morehouse Parish. Bastrop High School pra ...
operates local public schools.


National Guard

The 1023rd Engineer Company (Vertical) of the 528th Engineer Battalion of the
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is located in Bastrop.


Communities


City

* Bastrop (parish seat and largest municipality)


Villages

* Bonita * Collinston * Mer Rouge * Oak Ridge


See also

*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, U ...


References

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