Английская Википедия:Bossier Parish, Louisiana

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Bossier Parish (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell; Шаблон:Lang-fr Шаблон:IPA-fr) is a parish located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 128,746.

The parish seat is Benton. The principal city is Bossier City, which is located east of the Red River and across from the larger city of Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish. The parish was formed in 1843 from the western portion of Claiborne Parish. Bossier Parish is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area, the largest metropolitan area in North Louisiana.

Lake Bistineau and Lake Bistineau State Park are included in parts of Bossier and neighboring Webster and Bienville parishes. Loggy Bayou flows south from Lake Bistineau in southern Bossier Parish, traverses western Bienville Parish, and in Red River Parish joins the Red River.

History

Шаблон:Stack Bossier Parish is named for Pierre Bossier, an ethnic French, 19th-century Louisiana state senator and U.S. representative from Natchitoches Parish.

Bossier Parish was spared fighting on its soil during the American Civil War. In July 1861, at the start of the war, the Bossier Parish Police Jury appropriated $35,000 for the benefit of Confederate volunteers and their family members left behind, an amount then considered generous.

After the war, whites used violence and intimidation to maintain dominance over the newly emancipated freedmen. From the end of Reconstruction into the 20th century, violence increased as conservative white Democrats struggled to maintain power over the state. In this period, Bossier Parish had 26 lynchings of African Americans by whites, part of racial terrorism. This was the fifth-highest total of any parish in Louisiana, tied with the total in Iberia Parish in the South of the state. Overall, parishes in northwest Louisiana had the highest rates of lynchings.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of Шаблон:Convert, of which Шаблон:Convert is land and Шаблон:Convert (3.1%) is water. Four miles east of Bossier City is Barksdale Air Force Base.

Major highways

• Файл:I-20.svg Interstate 20
  • Файл:I-220.svg Interstate 220
• Файл:I-69 (Future).svg Future Interstate 69
• Файл:US 71.svg U.S. Highway 71
• Файл:US 79.svg U.S. Highway 79
• Файл:US 80.svg U.S. Highway 80
• Файл:Louisiana 2.svg Louisiana Highway 2
• Файл:Louisiana 3.svg Louisiana Highway 3

Adjacent counties and parishes

• Miller County, Arkansas (northwest)
• Lafayette County, Arkansas (north)
• Webster Parish (east)
• Bienville Parish (southeast)
• Red River Parish (south)
• Caddo Parish (west)

National protected area

• Red River National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Communities

Cities

• Bossier City (largest municipality)
• Shreveport (partial)

Towns

• Benton (parish seat)
• Haughton
• Plain Dealing (smallest municipality)

Unincorporated areas

Census-designated places

• Eastwood
• Red Chute

Unincorporated communities

• Elm Grove
• Fillmore
• Princeton, birthplace of George Dement
• Taylortown

Demographics

2020 census

Bossier Parish, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Шаблон:Nobold

Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2000	Pop 2010	Шаблон:Partial	% 2000	% 2010	Шаблон:Partial
White alone (NH)	71,101	80,991	78,982	72.93%	69.24%	61.35%
Black or African American alone (NH)	20,347	24,245	29,868	20.70%	20.73%	23.20%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	440	533	573	0.45%	0.46%	0.45%
Asian alone (NH)	1,216	1,873	2,341	1.24%	1.60%	1.82%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	79	154	113	0.08%	0.13%	0.09%
Other race alone (NH)	94	128	480	0.10%	0.13%	0.37%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	1,370	2,029	6,152	1.39%	1.73%	4.78%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	3,063	7,026	10,237	3.12%	6.01%	7.95%
Total	98,310	116,979	128,746	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

At the 2020 United States census, there were 128,746 people, 49,735 households, and 33,963 families residing in the parish. According to the 2010 U.S. census, there were 116,979 people, 62,000 households, and 37,500 families residing in the parish. The population density was Шаблон:Convert. There were 49,000 housing units at an average density of Шаблон:Convert.

The racial makeup of the parish in 2010 was 70.66% White, 18.52% Black or African American, 0.82% Native American, 2.18% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 1.00% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races; 8.15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino American of any race. According to the 2019 American Community Survey, the racial and ethnic makeup of the parish was 65.9% non-Hispanic white, 23.2% African American, 0.7% Native American, 2.2% Asian, 0.9% some other race, 1.7% two or more races, and 6.9% Hispanic or Latino American of any race. In 2020, its racial and ethnic makeup was 61.35% non-Hispanic white, 23.2% African American, 0.45% Native American, 1.82% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 5.15% multiracial, and 7.95% Hispanic or Latino American of any race, reflecting nationwide demographic trends of mass diversification.

Law, government and politics

Bossier Parish is governed by a 12-member elected body: the Bossier Parish Police Jury (which is equivalent to a county commission in other states). Members are elected from single-member districts.The current members of the police jury are:

• District 1 - Bob Brotherton
• District 2 - Glenn Benton
• District 3 - Philip Rogers
• District 4 - John Ed Jordan
• District 5 - Julianna Parks
• District 6 - Chris Marsiglia
• District 7 - Jimmy Cochran
• District 8 - Douglas E. Rimmer
• District 9 - Charles Gray
• District 10 - Jerome Darby
• District 11 - Tom Salzer
• District 12 - Paul M. "Mac" Plummer

Since the late 20th century, the non-Hispanic white population of the parish has shifted from the Democratic to the Republican Party (as have most conservative whites in Louisiana and other Southern U.S. states). The state was a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party from the period after the turn of the century (when most Blacks were disenfranchised in Louisiana) to the mid-20th century.

Bossier Parish has since reliably voted for Republican candidates in most contested U.S. presidential elections. Since 1952, George Wallace, the former governor of Alabama who ran in 1968 on the American Independent Party ticket, has been the only non-Republican to carry Bossier Parish.

In 2008, U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona won in Bossier Parish with 32,713 votes (71.4 percent) over Democrat Barack H. Obama of Illinois, who received 12,703 votes (27.8 percent). In 2012, Mitt Romney polled 34,988 votes (72 percent) in Bossier Parish (2,275 more ballots than McCain drew in 2008). President Obama won 12,956 (26.6) of the votes in Bossier Parish.

National Guard

The 165th CSS (Combat Service Support) Battalion is headquartered in Bossier City. This unit was deployed to Iraq in 2008. Also located in Bossier City is the 156TH Army Band which deployed as part of the 256th Infantry Brigade in 2010 to Iraq.

Education

Bossier Parish School Board operates public schools in the parish.

It is in the service area of Bossier Parish Community College.

Notable people

• William Benton Boggs (1854-1922), first mayor of Plain Dealing (1890) and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1892 to 1900 for Bossier Parish and the Louisiana State Senate for Bossier and Webster parishes from 1908 to 1916
• Dewey E. Burchett Jr., state district court judge for Bossier and Webster parishes, 1988-2008
• Roy A. Burrell, state representative from District 2 (Caddo and Bossier parishes) since 2004
• Harvey Locke Carey, lawyer and politician; lived off Wafer Road in Bossier Parish in the 1960s
• Robert Houston Curry (1842-1892), state representative for Bossier Parish from 1888 to 1892; wounded Confederate Army soldier
• E. S. Dortch, planter and politician and last surviving (1943) Bossier Parish veteran of the Confederate States Army
• Jack Favor, a rodeo star, was falsely imprisoned in 1967 at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for the murders of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richey.
• Ryan Gatti, state senator for District 36 since 2016; Bossier City lawyer
• Ray Germany, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball All-American in 1959 and 1960; resident of Haughton
• Booker T, American professional wrestler and promoter.
• Mike Johnson, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; constitutional attorney in Benton
• J. A. W. Lowry (died 1899), district attorney and state senator
• Jerry Miculek, American professional speed and competition shooter known for his 20 world records; resides in Princeton
• William Washington Vance, state senator from 1886 to 1892

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bossier Parish, Louisiana
• Bossier Press-Tribune

External links

• Bossier Parish
• Water Resources of Bossier Parish United States Geological Survey