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Shreveport ( / ˈʃriːvpɔːrt / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [ 8 ] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.
The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, officially designated Shreveport–Bossier City by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [1] or simply Greater Shreveport, is a metropolitan statistical area in northwestern Louisiana that covers three parishes: Caddo, Bossier, and DeSoto. [2] At the 2020 United States census, the ...
History of Louisiana. Shreve Town was originally contained within the boundaries of a section of land sold to the company by the indigenous Caddo Indians in the year of 1835, during the period of Indian Removal. [1] In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from the large Natchitoches Parish and Shreve Town was designated as the parish seat.
Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Caddo Parish ( French: Paroisse de Caddo) ( / ˈkædoʊ /) is a parish located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 237,848. [1] The parish seat is Shreveport, which developed along the Red River.
Website. bossierparishla .gov. Bossier Parish ( / ˈboʊʒər / BOH-zhər; French: Paroisse de Bossier [paʁwas də bɔsje]) is a parish located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 128,746. [1] The parish seat is Benton. [2]
City Council elections; 2006; 2010; ... LA and State Judge in 1861 Jonas Robeson: 1860: ... Texas; moved to Shreveport in his early teens Benjamin Holzman: 1900: 1902 ...
1902 – Shreveport Journal newspaper in publication. [6] 1905 – Agudath Achim Synagogue dedicated. [13] 1906 – Oil discovered at Caddo Lake in vicinity of Shreveport. [14] 1907 – Nearby Bossier City incorporated. [10] 1909 – Centenary College of Louisiana relocated to Shreveport from Jackson.
The Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden combined statistical area is made up of four parishes in northwestern Louisiana. The statistical area consists of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area and the Minden micropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the CSA had a population of 430,373 (though a July 1, 2023 ...