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Lincoln Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,396. The parish seat is Ruston. The parish was created on February 24, 1873, from parts of Bienville, Claiborne, Union, and Jackson parishes, and its boundaries have changed only once. This makes Lincoln Parish one of the Reconstruction parishes.
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Caldwell Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of 2020, its population was 9,645. The parish seat is Columbia.
Bienville is a village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 218 at the 2010 census.
Columbia is a town in, and the parish seat of, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 277 in 2020.
Chatham is a town in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 491 in 2020. It is part of the Ruston micropolitan statistical area.
Grambling is a city in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,239 in 2020. The city is home to Grambling State University and is part of the Ruston micropolitan statistical area.
Boyce is a town in northern Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,004 at the 2010 census. The community is nearly 75 percent African American.
Pecan Island is an unincorporated community with a population of about 300 located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located directly under the southern peak of White Lake and two ridges comprise the island, which are actually cheniers or "ridges of high ground" in the coast marsh. There is minimal land in the region, with the island being "an old Gulf beach, composed of crushed shells and sand".
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Bayou Bartholomew is the longest bayou in the world, meandering approximately 364 miles (586 km) between the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. It contains over 100 aquatic species making it the second most diverse stream in North America. Known for its excellent bream, catfish, and crappie fishing, portions of the bayou are considered some of the best kept secrets of Arkansas anglers. It starts northwest of the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in the Hardin community, winds through parts of Jefferson, Lincoln, Desha, Drew, Chicot, and Ashley counties in Arkansas, and Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, and eventually enters the Ouachita River after passing the northernmost tip of Ouachita Parish, near Sterlington, Louisiana. The bayou serves as the primary border separating the Arkansas Delta from the Arkansas Timberlands.
Southwest Pass is a narrow strait in Vermilion Parish in southern Louisiana in the United States. It connects the Gulf of Mexico to its south with Vermilion Bay to its north. It is bounded on the east by Marsh Island and on the west by the Louisiana mainland in southeastern Vermilion Parish.
The Federal Detention Center (FDC Oakdale) was a United States federal prison which housed male detainees, for the U.S. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE). ICE used the facility for temporary housing of federal immigration detainees in Louisiana. It was part of the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) and was operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Pollock is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Grant Parish, Louisiana. It is part of the Pollock Federal Correctional Complex and operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Boston is an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Marceaux is an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Forked Island is an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. The island was severely affected by Hurricane Rita in 2005.
Henry is an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Perry is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,171.
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