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 ...

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

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is spread about Lake D'Arbonne, 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 northern part of the town was struck by an EF3 tornado that damaged or destroyed structures and injured 14 people. The tornado caused $1.2 million in damage, with most of the damage coming from the town.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,366 people, 954 households, and 552 families residing in the town.

Education

The Union Parish School District covers education in the Farmerville area.

Schools

* Union Parish Elementary School * Union Parish Junior High School * Union Parish High School * 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 * Donovan Chapman,

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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

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 Br ...

, co-founder of

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* W. L. "Jack" Howard, five-term mayor of

* V. E. Howard,

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man who founded the ''International Gospel Hour'' on radio * Jay McCallum (born 1960), state court judge and state representative for Lincoln and Union parishes."Louisiana: McCallum, Jay Bowen", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004'', 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who:

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, 2003), p. 787

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