Arcadia, Louisiana
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 Center of Arcadia |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Foundation : | 1855 (incorporated) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Bienville Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 33 ′ N , 92 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,919 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 374.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.8 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 117 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71001 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-02655 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1629912 | ||
| Website : | www.arcadialouisiana.org | ||
| Mayor : | Eugene Smith | ||
 The Bienville Parish Courthouse in Arcadia |
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Arcadia is a city (with the status of " Town ") and the administrative seat of Bienville Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Arcadia had 2919 inhabitants.
geography
Arcadia is located in northwest Louisiana, around 60 km south of the Arkansas border and around 110 km east of Texas . The geographical coordinates of Arcadia are 32 ° 32'57 "north latitude and 92 ° 55'13" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 7.8 km².
Neighboring towns of Arcadia are Lisbon (33 km north), Simsboro (12.9 km east), Bryceland (13.6 km south-southwest), Gibsland (13.9 km west), Minden (30 km north-west) and Athens (17, 2 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (351 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (472 km in the same direction), Lafayette (301 km south-southeast), Shreveport (85.6 km west), Dallas , Texas (383 km) km in the same direction), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (286 km north) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (269 km east).
traffic
Interstate 20 , which is the shortest connection from Dallas to Jackson, runs through the north of Arcadia in a west-east direction . At the same time, US Highway 80 runs through the city center as the main road and meets Louisiana Highways 9 , 147 , 151 and 519 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railroad line of Kansas City Southern runs through Arcadia in a west-east direction .
With the Arcadia-Bienville Parish Airport to the city center is located 5.1 km south-west a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (94.3 km to the west) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (417 km in the same direction).
population
According to the 2010 census , Arcadia had 2,919 people in 1,069 households. The population density was 374.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in 1069 households.
The racial the population was composed of 31.9 percent white, 64.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 55.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 20,441 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,200. 36.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Fred Dean (born 1952) - American football player - born in Arcadia
- Teddy Grace (1905-1992) - jazz singer - born in Arcadia
- Riley J. Wilson (1871-1946) - Democratic MP for the US House of Representatives - attended school in Arcadia
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 22, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 22, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Arcadia-Bienville Parish Airport Accessed on August 22, 2013
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Riley J. Wilson.Retrieved August 22, 2013
