Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

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Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Parish
Parish of Lincoln
Lincoln Parish, LA, Courthouse IMG 3776.JPG
Lincoln Parish Courthouse in Ruston
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Flag
Map of Louisiana highlighting Lincoln Parish.svg
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
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Louisiana's location within the U.S.
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
StateFlag of Louisiana.svg  Louisiana
Region North Louisiana
Founded1873
Named for Abraham Lincoln
Parish seat (and largest city) Ruston
Area
 • Total1,220 km2 (472 sq mi)
 • Land1,220 km2 (472 sq mi)
 • Water2 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
 • percentage0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total48,396
 • Rank LA: 25th
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 318
Congressional district 5th
Website Parish of Lincoln
Autrey Dogtrot House, built in 1849 by Absalom and Elizabeth Norris Autrey, formerly of Selma, Alabama is located west of Dubach. The oldest restored dogtrot house in Lincoln Parish, it was listed in 1980 on the National Register of Historic Places. Autrey House, Lincoln Parish, LA IMG 2543.JPG
Autrey Dogtrot House, built in 1849 by Absalom and Elizabeth Norris Autrey, formerly of Selma, Alabama is located west of Dubach. The oldest restored dogtrot house in Lincoln Parish, it was listed in 1980 on the National Register of Historic Places.
Historic Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad depot in downtown Ruston; Robert Edwin Russ, the founder of Ruston, sold land to the railroad in 1883. Railroad depot in Ruston, LA IMG 3826.JPG
Historic Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad depot in downtown Ruston; Robert Edwin Russ, the founder of Ruston, sold land to the railroad in 1883.

Lincoln Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,396. [1] The parish was created on February 24, 1873, from parts of Bienville, Claiborne, Union, and Jackson parishes, and its boundaries have changed only once (in 1877). This makes Lincoln Parish one of the Reconstruction parishes. [2]

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The parish seat was Vienna from the parish's creation in 1873 until 1884, when a parish-wide vote moved it to the new railroad town of Ruston. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Lincoln Parish comprises the Ruston micropolitan statistical area.

History

Since the late 20th century, archeologists have dated eleven sites in northern Louisiana where thousands of years ago, indigenous cultures built complexes with multiple, monumental earthwork mounds during the Middle Archaic period, long before the development of sedentary, agricultural societies. At sites such as Watson Brake, Frenchman's Bend, and Caney, generations of hunter-gatherers worked for hundreds of years to build and add to mound complexes. Hedgepeth Site, located in Lincoln Parish, is dated about 5200–4500 BP (about 3300–2600 BCE), from the latter part of this period. Such finds are changing the understanding of early human cultures. [8]

The parish was one of several new ones established by the state legislature during Reconstruction; in 1873 it was formed from land that had belonged to Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson and Union parishes to create one in which newly elected representatives might have more ties to the Republican Party. It was an attempt to break up the old order of political power, and to capitalize on the arrival of the railroad line. The parish is named for the late U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. [9]

Lincoln Parish is usually Republican in contested elections. In 2012, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won the parish with 10,739 votes (56.5 percent) to U.S. President Barack H. Obama, the Democrat who polled 7,956 ballots (41.9 percent). [10]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 472 square miles (1,220 km2), of which 472 square miles (1,220 km2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) (0.2%) is water. [11]

Major highways

Adjacent parishes

Communities

Cities

Towns

Villages

Unincorporated communities

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880 11,075—
1890 14,75333.2%
1900 15,8987.8%
1910 18,48516.3%
1920 16,962−8.2%
1930 22,82234.5%
1940 24,7908.6%
1950 25,7824.0%
1960 28,53510.7%
1970 33,80018.5%
1980 39,76317.6%
1990 41,7455.0%
2000 42,5091.8%
2010 46,7359.9%
2020 48,3963.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [12]
1790-1960 [13] 1900-1990 [14]
1990-2000 [15] 2010 [16]
Lincoln Parish racial composition as of 2020 [17]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (non-Hispanic)25,67253.05%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)18,62638.49%
Native American 1450.3%
Asian 6821.41%
Pacific Islander 50.01%
Other/Mixed 1,5123.12%
Hispanic or Latino 1,7543.62%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 48,396 people, 17,712 households, and 10,407 families residing in the parish.

Education

Lincoln Parish residents are zoned to Lincoln Parish School Board schools.

The parish is home to Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, and Grambling State University in Grambling.

Bethel Christian School is located in Ruston.

Ruston High School is located in Ruston.

Lincoln Preparatory School is located in Grambling.

Choudrant Elementary School and Choudrant High School are located in Choudrant.

Cedar Creek (K - 12) is located in Ruston

National Guard

527th Engineer Battalion (Triple Alpha) ("Anything, Anytime, Anywhere") is headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana, the parish seat. This battalion is part of the 225th Engineer Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard.

Attractions

Politics

United States presidential election results for Lincoln Parish, Louisiana [18]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No. %No. %No. %
2020 11,31158.68%7,55939.22%4052.10%
2016 10,76157.64%7,10738.07%8014.29%
2012 10,73956.54%7,95641.89%2981.57%
2008 10,68055.69%8,29243.23%2071.08%
2004 10,79159.23%7,24239.75%1851.02%
2000 9,24655.86%6,85141.39%4542.74%
1996 6,97343.98%7,90349.85%9796.17%
1992 7,22043.60%7,20543.51%2,13612.90%
1988 8,85360.40%5,42737.03%3772.57%
1984 9,08761.81%5,43236.95%1821.24%
1980 7,51555.79%5,59841.56%3572.65%
1976 6,82857.05%4,97141.53%1701.42%
1972 6,73669.15%2,58926.58%4164.27%
1968 2,64329.77%2,00922.63%4,22547.59%
1964 5,76677.09%1,71422.91%00.00%
1960 2,76654.14%1,05120.57%1,29225.29%
1956 2,67659.20%1,01422.43%83018.36%
1952 3,07460.48%2,00939.52%00.00%
1948 35311.03%62519.53%2,22369.45%
1944 1,03237.71%1,70562.29%00.00%
1940 44913.14%2,96986.86%00.00%
1936 2018.53%2,15491.43%10.04%
1932 1637.87%1,90892.13%00.00%
1928 67039.16%1,04160.84%00.00%
1924 15713.46%1,00586.19%40.34%
1920 18315.61%98984.39%00.00%
1916 424.29%93295.30%40.41%
1912 30.39%64484.51%11515.09%

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  4. ↑ "AN ACT Creating the parish of Lincoln, aud providing for the organization thereof". Bossier Banner-Progress. August 9, 1873. p. 1. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
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