Farmerville is a town in and the

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Union Parish, Louisiana 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 M ...

, United States. It has also been known as Farmersville. The population was 3,860 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Monroe

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. The town is spread about

Lake D'Arbonne Lake D’Arbonne is a reservoir located near and around the town of Farmerville in Union Parish in north Louisiana. Isolated in a rural area, it is a popular man-made fishing area that has a combined estimated area of . The lake was first conc ...

, a popular fishing and boating waterway.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.72%) is water.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the

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system, Farmerville has a

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, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

2022 tornado

On December 13, 2022, the extreme northern part of the town was struck by a low-end EF3 tornado that damaged or destroyed multiple structures and injured 14 people.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 3,366 people, 954 households, and 552 families residing in the town.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,808 people, 1,366 households, and 932 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,554 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 34.03%

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, 63.52%

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, 0.03% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 0.03%

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, 1.23% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.71% of the population. There were 1,366 households, out of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.8% were

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living together, 28.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.11. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.8% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.7 males. The median income for a household in the town was $23,598, and the median income for a family was $26,756. Males had a median income of $26,798 versus $19,250 for females. The

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for the town was $12,258. About 23.3% of families and 30.0% of the population were below the

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, including 44.3% of those under age 18 and 27.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The

Union Parish School District Union Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Farmerville, Louisiana, United States. It is run by the Union Parish School Board and serves Union Parish. In the 2012–2013 school year, Union Parish public schools had the highes ...

covers education in the Farmerville area.

Schools

* Union Parish Elementary School * Union Parish Junior High School *

Union Parish High School Farmerville is a town in and the parish seat of Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has also been known as Farmersville. The population was 3,860 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is ...

* Union Christian Academy * Downsville Charter School * D'Arbonne Woods Charter School

Former Schools

Farmerville High School

Notable people

* Thomas "Bud" Brady, member of the

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from 1976 to 1988 from La Salle Parish; a radio announcer in Farmerville in the early 1960s *

Donovan Chapman Donovan Chapman (born in Farmerville, Louisiana) is an American country music artist. he has recorded two studio albums: one on Curb Records, and one on Category 5 Records. He has also charted four singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country So ...

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artist * James Walter Elder, was a member of the

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and a

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of Farmerville * William C. Feazel, interim

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in 1948; member of the

from

Ouachita Parish 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 i ...

from 1932–1936 *

Alton Hardy Howard Alton Hardy Howard (March 28, 1925 – October 29, 2006) was a businessman, author, and a gospel songwriter from West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Background Howard was the sixth of seven children born in the Rocky Bran ...

, co-founder of

Howard Brothers Discount Stores Howard Brothers Discount Stores (informally known as Howard Brothers and Howard's) was a chain of discount stores in the Southeastern United States. The chain was founded in 1959 by Alton Hardy Howard and W. L. "Jack" Howard, a five-term mayor o ...

; gospel songwriter; born in Rocky Branch community in 1925, based in

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* W. L. "Jack" Howard, five-term mayor of Monroe and partner of Howard Brothers Discount Stores, was born in the Rocky Branch community in 1921. *

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man who founded the ''International Gospel Hour'' on radio, based in Texarkana, Texas; interred at Rocky Branch Cemetery *

Jay McCallum Jay Bowen McCallum (born June 6, 1960) is an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Education and legal career McCallum received his undergraduate degre ...

(born 1960), state court judge since 2003; state representative for Lincoln and Union parishes from 1992 to 2003. *

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(1925-2006), state representative from Union and Morehouse parishes from 1964 to 1972; namesake of bridge over Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville

References

External links

Town of Farmerville
{{authority control Towns in Louisiana Towns in Union Parish, Louisiana Parish seats in Louisiana Towns in Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area