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By 1860, Shreveport had a population of 2,200 free people and 1,300 slaves within the city limits. Civil War and Reconstruction. During the American Civil War, Shreveport was the capital of Louisiana from 1863 to 1865, having succeeded Baton Rouge and Opelousas after each fell under Union control.
1860 – Population: 2,190. 1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded. 1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865). 1866 – Charity Hospital established. 1870 – Population: 4,607. 1871 Shreveport becomes a city. Daily Shreveport Times newspaper begins publication. Crisp's Gaiety Theater built. 1873
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.
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 ...
Louisiana. Population. (2020) • Total. 830,266. North Louisiana ( French: Louisiane du Nord ), also known locally as Sportsman's Paradise, [1] [2] (a name sometimes attributed to the state as a whole) is a region in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The region has two metropolitan areas: Shreveport-Bossier City and Monroe-West Monroe; the ...
"Louisiana has taken a historic step in adopting a congressional map that creates two African-American districts based on population," Jenkins said. "This is a fair map passed with bipartisan support.
The Ark-La-Tex (a portmanteau of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; also stylized as Arklatex or ArkLaTex) is a socio-economic tri-state region where the Southern U.S. states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas join together. [1] The region contains portions of Northwest Louisiana, Northeast Texas, and South Arkansas as well as the extreme ...