DeRidder
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 Center of DeRidder |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1903 (incorporated) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : |
Beauregard Parish Vernon Parish |
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| Coordinates : | 30 ° 51 ′ N , 93 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 10,578 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 480.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 22 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 62 m | ||
| Postal code : | 70634 | ||
| Area code : | +1 337 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-20610 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1629932 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofderidder.org | ||
| Mayor : | Ron Roberts | ||
 The 1914 Beaux-Arts style built Beauregard Parish Courthouse in DeRidder, since 1983 in the NRHP listed |
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DeRidder is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Beauregard Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In the north, the urban area extends to a small extent into Vernon Parish . In 2010 DeRidder had 10,578 residents.
geography
DeRidder is located in western Louisiana, about 25 kilometers east of the border with Texas forming the Sabine River . The geographical coordinates of DeRidder are 30 ° 50'47 "north latitude and 93 ° 17'21" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 22 km².
Neighboring locations to DeRidder are Rosepine (8.4 km north), Sugartown (28.2 km east), Longville (30.8 km south), and Merryville (30.4 km west southwest).
The nearest major cities are Shreveport (140 miles north), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (150 miles east-southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (362 km in the same direction), Lafayette (171 km southeast), Beaumont , Texas (133 km southwest ) and Texas' largest city, Houston (267 km in the same direction).
traffic
In the urban area of DeRidder, US Highway 171 and US Highway 190 and Louisiana Highways 27 , 112 and 26 meet at its northwestern end point. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Kansas City Southern railroad runs through DeRidder . A section of the Timber Rock Railroad , a Class III railway company belonging to the Watco Companies , branches off to the west from here.
With the Beauregard Regional Airport there is a small airfield on the western outskirts. The nearest major airports are Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (348 km east-southeast) and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (254 km west-southwest).
history
The city was named after Ella De Ridder , sister-in-law of the railway magnate Jan De Goeijen .
The first house in what would later become the town was built in 1893. Railway construction began in the area in 1896 and the first trains started running two years later. The town, which developed from a settlement for railway construction workers, was incorporated as an independent municipality in 1903.
population
According to the 2010 census , DeRidder had 10,578 people in 4,161 households. The population density was 480.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.46 people each in the 4,161 households.
The racial the population was composed of 59.6 percent white, 33.4 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.5 percent of the population.
26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,963 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,501. 20.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Chris Cagle (* 1968) - country singer - born in DeRidder
- Rusty Hamer (1947–1990) - actor - last lived in DeRidder and died here
- Jennifer Weiner (* 1970) - writer, television producer and journalist - born in DeRidder
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 83000490.Retrieved August 21, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 21, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 21, 2013
- ↑ Beauregard Regional Airport. Accessed August 21, 2013
- ↑ History of DeRidder ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2013
- ↑ Chris Cagle's website - biography ( memento of the original from May 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2013
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - Rusty Hamer. Retrieved August 21, 2013
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - Jennifer Weiner. Retrieved August 21, 2013
