Crowley (Louisiana)
| Crowley | |||
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| Nickname : Crowtown | |||
 Crowley town center |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1886 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Acadia Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 13 ′ N , 92 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 13,265 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,044.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 12.7 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 6 m | ||
| Postal code : | 70526 | ||
| Area code : | +1 337 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-18650 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1629931 | ||
| Website : | www.crowley-la.com | ||
| Mayor : | Greg A. Jones | ||
Crowley is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Acadia Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Crowley had 13,265 residents. Crowley is nicknamed "America's Rice Capital", which is due to the fact that Crowley was the center of rice growing in the USA for a long time. Today there are still many farmers who grow rice there. Crowley also has a nationally successful soccer team.
geography
Crowley is located in south central Louisiana on the southeast bank of the Mermentau River . The geographical coordinates of Crowley are 30 ° 12'49 "north latitude and 92 ° 22'25" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 12.7 km².
Neighboring towns to Crowley are Rayne (7.7 miles east) and Estherwood (6.5 miles west southwest).
The closest major cities are Lafayette (23 miles east), Baton Rouge (130 miles in the same direction), and Beaumont , Texas (180 miles west).
traffic
Interstate 10 runs through north of Crowley in a west-east direction and is the shortest connection from Houston to New Orleans . The US Highway 90 leads as the main road through the city of Crowley and crosses here the Louisiana Highway 13 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , which runs from Houston to New Orleans, runs through Crowley .
With the Le Gros Memorial Airport is located 13.9 km west-southwest of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (238 km east) and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (329 km west).
history
Crowley was founded in 1886 by CC Duson and WW Duson. The city was named after the Irish railroad entrepreneur Pat Crowley .
population
According to the 2010 census , Crowley had 13,265 people in 5,102 households. The population density was 1044.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 5,102 households.
The racial the population was composed of 64.6 percent white, 32.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 28,592 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,182. 31.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- John Breaux (* 1944), former Senator
- Jack Bascom Brooks (1922–2012), politician
- Winsor Harmon (born 1963), actor
- Kidd Jordan (* 1935), jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and music teacher
- Baker Millian (1908-2002), jazz saxophonist
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 12, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 12, 2013
- ^ Le Gros Memorial Airport. Retrieved August 12, 2013
