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In 1838, Caddo Parish was created by territory taken from Natchitoches Parish; the legislature named it for the indigenous Caddo Indians who had lived in the area. Most were forced out during Indian Removal in the 1830s. With European-American development, the parish became a center of cotton plantations.
In Tuesday's work session, Smith spoke before the commission to elaborate on the plans for the upcoming facility where 60 jobs will be created and crisis individuals will receive specialized help.
The parish name is likely derived from the real Lake Pontchartrain. In Season 2 of Designated Survivor a flu outbreak originates in South Carroll Parish. The television series Queen Sugar is set in St. Josephine Parish, which borders Orleans Parish and is where the titular family; the Bordelon's, reside.
Shreveport (/ ˈ ʃ r iː v p ɔːr t / 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. [4] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.
The city is the parish seat of Caddo Parish. A portion of east Shreveport extends in to Bossier Parish because of the changing course of the Red River. The city of Shreveport has a mayor-council government. The City's elected officials are: the mayor, and members of the city council. Under the mayor-council government, the mayor serves as the ...
Turnout was considerably higher in the second race. State figures show 65,239 people voted in Saturday’s sheriff’s race — up from 43,247 in November.
Mansfield is a small city in, and the parish seat of, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] Mansfield is part of the Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan statistical area , with a 2020 population of 4,714.
The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG, / ˈ d ɒ k t ər. k ɔː ɡ /) is a nonprofit membership organization of local governments in the Denver region of the US state of Colorado. DRCOG is the designated metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and the Transportation Planning Region (TPR) for the region, as well as the Area Agency ...