Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

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Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
Parish
Claiborne Parish Courthouse in Homer, LA.jpg
The Claiborne Parish Courthouse was built in 1860 in Greek style. It served as a point of departure for Confederate troops.
Map of Louisiana highlighting Claiborne 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
FoundedMarch 15, 1828
Named for William C. C. Claiborne
Parish seat Homer
Largest municipality Lisbon (area)
Homer (population)
Area
 • Total1,990 km2 (767 sq mi)
 • Land1,960 km2 (755 sq mi)
 • Water30 km2 (13 sq mi)
 • percentage4 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total14,170
 • Estimate 
(2021)
14,038
 • Density7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 318
Congressional district 4th
Website Claiborne Parish Government

Claiborne Parish (French : Paroisse de Claiborne) is a parish located in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish was formed in 1828, [1] and was named for the first Louisiana governor, William C. C. Claiborne. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,170. [2] The parish seat is Homer. [3]

Contents

History

John Murrell moved his family from Arkansas to the Flat Lick Bayou area about 6 miles west of present-day Homer in 1818, and they became the first known non-natives to permanently settle in Claiborne Parish. As more settlers moved into the area, the Murrell house served as a church, school and post office. When the state legislature created Claiborne Parish out of Natchitoches Parish in 1828, all governmental business, including court, began being held in the Murrell house. This continued until the new parish's police jury selected Russellville (now a ghost town located northeast of Athens) as the parish seat. [4] [5] [6] As the population began swelling in what was then the western part of the parish, the seat was moved to Overton (another modern ghost town found near Minden) in 1836, because of its position at the head of the navigable portion of Dorcheat Bayou. Due to flooding and health concerns, the parish seat was moved to Athens in 1846, but an 1848 fire destroyed the courthouse and all the records in it. Soon thereafter the Claiborne Police Jury chose the present site for the parish seat, which came to be named, Homer. [7] [8]

Much of the area history is preserved in the Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum, located across from the parish courthouse in Homer.[ citation needed ]

Government and infrastructure

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections operates the David Wade Correctional Center in an unincorporated section of Claiborne Parish near Homer and Haynesville. [9] [10]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 767 square miles (1,990 km2), of which 755 square miles (1,960 km2) is land and 13 square miles (34 km2) (1.6%) is water. [11]

Major highways

Adjacent parishes

National protected area

Communities

Map of Claiborne Parish Louisiana With Municipal Labels.PNG

Towns

Villages

Unincorporated communities

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1830 1,764—
1840 6,185250.6%
1850 7,47120.8%
1860 16,848125.5%
1870 20,24020.1%
1880 18,837−6.9%
1890 23,31223.8%
1900 23,029−1.2%
1910 25,0508.8%
1920 27,88511.3%
1930 32,28515.8%
1940 29,855−7.5%
1950 25,063−16.1%
1960 19,407−22.6%
1970 17,024−12.3%
1980 17,0950.4%
1990 17,4051.8%
2000 16,851−3.2%
2010 17,1952.0%
2020 14,170−17.6%
2021 (est.)14,038 [12] −0.9%
U.S. Decennial Census [13]
1790-1960 [14] 1900-1990 [15]
1990-2000 [16] 2010-2013 [2]
Claiborne Parish racial composition as of 2020 [17]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (non-Hispanic)7,06449.85%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)6,13843.32%
Native American 430.3%
Asian 420.3%
Other/Mixed 4042.85%
Hispanic or Latino 4793.38%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 14,170 people, 5,917 households, and 3,718 families residing in the parish. [17]

Politics

With a narrow majority of African Americans in the population, Claiborne Parish in the years after the civil rights movement was primarily Democratic in political complexion. In 1988, Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush prevailed in Claiborne Parish with 3,756 votes (53.6 percent). Governor Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts trailed with 3,158 votes (45.1 percent). [18] In 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton of neighboring Arkansas, obtained 3,609 votes (53.6 percent) in Claiborne Parish. Republican Bob Dole of Kansas polled 2,500 votes (37.1 percent). [19]

However, by 2008, U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona easily carried the parish in his losing race to Barack Obama. McCain polled 3,750 votes (54.8 percent) to Obama's 3,025 votes (44.2 percent). [20] In 2012, Mitt Romney carried the parish, with 3,649 votes (54.2 percent), nearly identical to the McCain tally four years earlier. President Obama received 3,014 votes (44.8 percent), or .6 of 1 percent greater than his earlier tabulation. [21]

United States presidential election results for Claiborne Parish, Louisiana [22]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2020 3,77057.29%2,73141.50%791.20%
2016 3,58555.83%2,71742.31%1191.85%
2012 3,64954.20%3,01444.77%691.02%
2008 3,75054.82%3,02544.22%660.96%
2004 3,70455.87%2,85443.05%721.09%
2000 3,38453.88%2,72143.32%1762.80%
1996 2,50037.10%3,60953.55%6309.35%
1992 2,59937.15%3,26346.64%1,13416.21%
1988 3,75653.60%3,15845.07%931.33%
1984 4,34960.29%2,78838.65%771.07%
1980 3,53850.01%3,44348.67%931.31%
1976 3,21651.81%2,89146.58%1001.61%
1972 3,43264.08%1,55128.96%3736.96%
1968 1,11718.70%1,54525.87%3,31155.43%
1964 3,91789.04%48210.96%00.00%
1960 1,33634.67%48912.69%2,02952.65%
1956 2,08453.63%81020.84%99225.53%
1952 2,79664.63%1,53035.37%00.00%
1948 2659.51%45716.40%2,06474.08%
1944 57820.32%2,26679.68%00.00%
1940 1875.78%3,04994.22%00.00%
1936 1465.39%2,56394.54%20.07%
1932 612.16%2,76597.84%00.00%
1928 24913.76%1,56086.24%00.00%
1924 544.13%1,25295.87%00.00%
1920 483.80%1,21696.20%00.00%
1916 151.16%1,27698.76%10.08%
1912 101.18%78592.24%566.58%

Education

Claiborne Parish School Board serves the entire parish. [23]

Claiborne Academy is a private institution in an unincorporated area in the parish, near Haynesville. [24]

Notable people

Prominent Claiborne Parish residents include or have included:

See also

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