Mansura, Louisiana

For other places with that name, see Mansoura (disambiguation).

Mansura, Louisiana
Town
The Desfossé House dates to 1790.
Location of Mansura in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 31°03′33″N92°02′55″W / 31.05917°N 92.04861°W / 31.05917; -92.04861
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Avoyelles
Government
• Mayor	Kenneth Pickett, Sr. (D)
Area [1]
• Total	2.85 sq mi (7.39 km2)
• Land	2.85 sq mi (7.39 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	75 ft (23 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,320
• Density	462.51/sq mi (178.57/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	318
FIPS code	22-48400

Mansura is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,419 at the 2010 census. ^[2] Mansura is home to the Cochon de Lait Festival, and claims to be the Cochon de Lait capital of the world.

Louisiana 4-H Museum

The city of Mansura is the home of the Louisiana 4-H Museum and Hall of Fame. Opened in 2009, this museum has a complete history of 4-H in Louisiana from 1908 to present day. The museum boasts its Camp Grant Walker's Old Dance Pavilion look of its video screen and benches looking like the Greek Theatre seating. The museum also boasts its hall of fame with over 100 inductees and at least one from all of the 64 parishes of Louisiana.

Education

Local public schools are managed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board.

Geography

Mansura is located at 31°3′33″N92°2′55″W / 31.05917°N 92.04861°W / 31.05917; -92.04861 (31.059242, -92.048660). ^[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km²), all land. ^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	144		—
1900	408		183.3%
1910	695		70.3%
1920	829		19.3%
1930	1,057		27.5%
1940	1,138		7.7%
1950	1,439		26.4%
1960	1,579		9.7%
1970	1,699		7.6%
1980	2,074		22.1%
1990	1,601		−22.8%
2000	1,573		−1.7%
2010	1,419		−9.8%
2020	1,320		−7.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

Mansura racial composition as of 2020 ^[5]

Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	389	29.47%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	809	61.29%
Native American	14	1.06%
Other/Mixed	96	7.27%
Hispanic or Latino	12	0.91%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,320 people, 623 households, and 288 families residing in the town.

Notable people

• Felix Moncla, U.S. Air Force pilot who disappeared in 1953.
• Johnathin E. Lewis IV, basketball player in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Lewis played for Kansas Christian College in Overland Park, Kansas and Faith Baptist Bible School in Ankeny, Iowa. He was raised in Mansura. (May 2017)
• Vincent Simmons, born and raised in Mansura, is serving a 100-year sentence at Louisiana State Prison for attempted aggravated rape. Supporters are trying to have his case appealed because of problems of due process in the charges and his 1977 trial; exculpatory evidence was withheld by the prosecution. He was one of six men featured in the Academy Award-nominated film The Farm: Angola, USA (1997) and is the sole subject of its successor Shadows of Doubt: Vincent Simmons (2007).

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
2. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mansura town, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
3. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
5. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

External links

• Cochon de Lait Festival