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Blanchard appointed Ewald Max Hoyer, a Shreveport businessman, as the first Bossier City mayor. By that time, Bossier City had grown from an area around a square mile to a city containing more than 35 sq mi (91 km 2). Continued growth led to Bossier City's being reclassified from village to town by Governor John M. Parker.
The Red River between Shreveport and Bossier City. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, officially designated Shreveport–Bossier City by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [2] or simply Greater Shreveport, is a metropolitan statistical area in northwestern Louisiana that covers three parishes: Caddo, Bossier, and DeSoto. [3]
Haughton is located 15 miles (24 km) east of Bossier City and 17 miles (27 km) east of Shreveport. Interstate 20 touches the northwestern corner of the town, with access from Exit 33 (Elm Street). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.6 km 2), all land. [3]
Bossier Parish (/ ˈ b oʊ ʒ ər / 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]
Casinos in Shreveport-Bossier include Sam's Town, Bally's, Horseshoe, Boomtown, and Margaritaville. Diamond Jacks Casino (formerly Isle of Capri) closed in 2020. [106] [107] The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau is the official tourism information agency for the region. The bureau maintains a comprehensive database of restaurants ...
Greenwood is a suburban town in southern Caddo Parish, which is located in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana.With a population of 3,166 at the 2020 United States census, [3] it is the third most populous incorporated municipality in Caddo Parish after Shreveport and Blanchard.
Red Chute is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,261 at the 2010 census. [2] It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The statistical area consists of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area and the Minden micropolitan statistical area. As of the 2010 census , the CSA had a population of 439,000 (though a July 1, 2011, estimate placed the population at 444,000). [ 1 ]