Plaucheville is a village in

Avoyelles Parish Avoyelles () is a parish located in central eastern Louisiana on the Red River where it effectively becomes the Atchafalaya River and meets the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,693. The parish seat is Marksvil ...

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, United States. The population was 248 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 47 people, 29 households, and 9 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 135 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.80%

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, 2.14%

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, 0.71% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.71% of the population. There were 129 households, out of which 24.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were

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living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.5% were non-families. 42.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 27.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 3.04. In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males. The median income for a household in the village was $32,190. Males had a median income of $27,708 versus $21,875 for females. The

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for the village was $35,207 (2021). About 5.7% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the

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, including 3.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 23.7% of those 65 or over.

History

Plaucheville was first incorporated in 1803 by the three Plauché brothers, Etienne, François, and Martin Visitant, while on a rowing expedition beginning in present day

Simmesport Simmesport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,161 at the 2010 census. It is the northernmost town on the Atchafalaya River, located near the Old River which connects the Red and Atchafalaya rivers with ...

, continuing down Bayou De Glaise, Bayou Rouge in

Cottonport Cottonport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,006 at the 2010 census. History Cottonport was founded in the early 19th century. In 1835, Joseph Ducote donated land to be used for a road and school, wh ...

and Bayou Choupique (Bayou Choupique was named by the brothers). The expedition ended on the intersection of Bayou Choupique and Bayou Jauques in what is now Ward 8, where the village is located. Their father, Judge Joseph Alexander Plauché, was the first resident in the village, and was Major General in the

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, similar to his brother,

Jean Baptiste Plauché Jean Baptiste Plauché (28 January 1785 – 2 January 1860) was a Louisiana soldier and politician. He was lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1850 to 1853 under Governor Joseph Marshall Walker, Joseph M. Walker. Biography Plauché was born ...

. He also surveyed the area and the Avoyelles Parish Territory, being contracted by the United States government, naming all of the roads, with the help of Jean Baptiste.

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