Gibsland
| Gibsland | |||
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 Center of Gibsland |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Bienville Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 33 ′ N , 93 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 979 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 139.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 82 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71028 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-28835 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 535207 | ||
 Gibsland town hall |
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Gibsland is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Bienville Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Gibsland had 979 inhabitants.
geography
Gibsland is located in northwest Louisiana, around 60 km south of the Arkansas border and around 100 km east of Texas . The geographical coordinates of Gibsland are 32 ° 32'39 "north latitude and 93 ° 03'11" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 7 km².
Neighboring places of Gibsland are Athens (14.2 km north), Arcadia (13.7 km east), Bryceland (14.6 km south-southeast), Minden (18 km north-west), Mount Lebanon (4.6 km south), Heflin (28.9 km west southwest) and Dubberly ( 13.8 km west).
The closest major cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (356 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (478 km in the same direction), Lafayette (314 km south-southeast), Shreveport (72 km west), Dallas , Texas (370 km in the same direction), Arkansas' capital Little Rock (291 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (283 km east).
traffic
Interstate 20 , which is the shortest connection from Dallas to Jackson, runs along the northern city limits of Gibsland 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 154 and 794 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Kansas City Southern railroad runs through Gibsland in a west-east direction .
The Arcadia-Bienville Parish Airport is located 17.8 km east-southeast, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Shreveport Regional Airport (50 miles to the west) and the larger Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (257 miles in the same direction).
population
According to the 2010 census , there were 979 people in 413 households in Gibsland. The population density was 139.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 413 households.
The racial the population was composed of 16.1 percent white, 81.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 54.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 27,708 USD . The per capita income was $ 14,311. 25.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder , accessed August 22, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on August 22, 2013
