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Richland Parish, Louisiana
Richland Parish is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the North Louisiana Delta Country in the U.S. state of Louisiana, known for its fertile, flat farmland, cane brakes, and open spaces. The parish had a population of 20,043 at the 2020 United States census. The name Richland was chosen due to the rich production from farming. The parish seat and largest community is Rayville, Louisiana, Rayville. History The parish was officially created on September 29, 1868. Rayville, Louisiana, the parish seat, was named for John Ray, a politician from Monroe with large land holdings in present-day Rayville. Richland Parish is home to the first public parish library in the State of Louisiana, the Rhymes Memorial Library. The library was built in 1925 by the Lambda Kappa Club of Rayville. R.R. Rhymes donated the original building in memory of his wife, Nonnie Roark Rhymes. Geography Bayou Macon flows through the eastern areas of Richland. Other tributaries in the parish inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Parishes
The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes (; ), making it the only state besides Alaska to call its primary subdivisions something other than "counties." Louisiana's usage of the term "parish" for a geographic region or local government dates back to the Louisiana (New France), French colonial and Louisiana (New Spain), Spanish colonial periods and is connected to parish, ecclesiastical parishes. Thirty-eight Parish (administrative division), parishes are governed by a council called a police jury. The remaining 26 have various other forms of government, including: council-president, Council–manager government, council-manager, parish commission, and consolidated city-county, consolidated parish/city. History Louisiana was formed from French and Spanish colonies, which were both officially Roman Catholic. Local colonial government was based upon parishes, as the local ecclesiastical division. Following the Louisiana Purchase, the territorial legislative counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi, Louisiana
Delhi (), originally called Deerfield, is a town in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 2,622. History In 1890, the Delhi Institute was founded in Delhi, Louisiana; a Black private school affiliated with the A.M.E. church. Delhi Institute was renamed to Lampton College; after a 1907 fire, the campus was moved to Alexandria, Louisiana, before being absorbed sometime after 1945 by Campbell College in Jackson, Mississippi. In the 1940s, Delhi was the center of a large natural gas boom. Numerous workers came to work in the industry. Several functioning gas fields still surround the town. From 1968 until 1969, Delhi Fire Department was home to the now defunct Louisiana State Police - Troop O. The site was abandoned in 1969 after thirteen months' operation, with state services reverting to Troop F in Monroe. On February 21, 1971, as part of the February 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak, Louisiana's only recorded F5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girard, Louisiana
Girard is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. Geography Girard is located on the west bank of Boeuf River. U.S. Route 80, US Hwy 80 and the Kansas City Southern Railroad, Kansas City Southern railroad also pass through Girard. At the time it was first settled, it fell into the historical boundaries of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, and later Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Morehouse Parish, both predating the creation of present-day Richland Parish, which was established in 1868. History Girard is often referenced as the oldest known (non Native-American) settlement in Richland Parish. Named for Stephen Girard Girard was named for the wealthy shipping merchant and financier, Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Well before construction of the railroad, Girard's location along Boeuf River provided a valuable means for transporting both labor as well as agricultural goods a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilleyville, Louisiana
Gilleyville is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana Richland Parish is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the North Louisiana Delta Country in the U.S. state of Louisiana, known for its fertile, flat farmland, cane brakes, and open spaces. The parish had a population of 20,043 at ..., United States. The community is located west of Mangham, Louisiana. References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Forks, Richland Parish, Louisiana
Four Forks is an unincorporated community located in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located west of Mangham, Louisiana Mangham is a village in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 672 at the 2010 census. Mangham was established in 1890. It is named for Wiley P. Mangham, the publisher of the ''Richland Beacon-News'', a w .... References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunn, Louisiana
Dunn is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located E of Rayville, Louisiana Rayville is a town in and the parish seat of Richland Parish, Louisiana, Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,347 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down nearly 21 percent from 4,234 in 2000 Un .... References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dehlco, Louisiana
Dehlco is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located S. of Rayville, Louisiana Rayville is a town in and the parish seat of Richland Parish, Louisiana, Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,347 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down nearly 21 percent from 4,234 in 2000 Un .... References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlieville, Louisiana
Charlieville is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located SE of Monroe, Louisiana. History Charlieville was a landing for steamboats in the 1800s on the banks of Boeuf River The Boeuf River () is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The river is about long. It flows into the Ouachita near Enterprise, Louisiana.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolu .... References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckner, Louisiana
Buckner is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located SE of Monroe, Louisiana Monroe is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and is the parish seat and largest city of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolitan statistical .... References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee Bayou, Louisiana
Bee Bayou is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana Richland Parish is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the North Louisiana Delta Country in the U.S. state of Louisiana, known for its fertile, flat farmland, cane brakes, and open spaces. The parish had a population of 20,043 at ..., United States. References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardel, Louisiana
Bardel is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located east of Monroe, Louisiana Monroe is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and is the parish seat and largest city of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolitan statistical .... References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald, Louisiana
Archibald is an unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ... in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The ZIP Code for Archibald is 71218. History Archibald was named for J. Burton Archibald, who was instrumental in bringing the railroad to the community. References Unincorporated communities in Richland Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
