Grayson (Louisiana)
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 Post Office in Grayson |
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| Location in Louisiana | |||
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Caldwell Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 3 ′ N , 92 ° 7 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 532 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 156.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 43 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71435 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-31250 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 554606 | ||
 First United Methodist Church in Grayson |
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Grayson is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Caldwell Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 , Grayson had 532 residents.
geography
Grayson is located in north-central Louisiana, not far from the west bank of the Ouachita River . The geographical coordinates of Grayson are 32 ° 03'00 "north latitude and 92 ° 06'33" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 3.4 km².
Neighboring places of Grayson are Banks Springs (on the northeastern boundary), Columbia (7.1 km northeast) and Clarks (4.2 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Mississippi's capital Jackson (228 km east), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (268 km south-southeast), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (396 km in the same direction), Lafayette (237 km south), Shreveport (198 km west-northwest ) and Arkansas' capital Little Rock (340 km north).
traffic
US Highway 165 runs through the town center as the main road . There also meet Louisiana Highways 126 and 850 together. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs through Grayson for freight traffic parallel to US 165 .
With the Caldwell Parish Airport there is a small airfield 10.9 km northeast. The nearest major airports are Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (382 km south-southeast) and Jackson-Evers International Airport (243 km east).
population
According to the 2010 census , Grayson had 532 people in 238 households. The population density was 156.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 238 households.
The racial the population was composed of 84.2 percent white, 14.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. 54.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 26,188 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,659. 28.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- John McKeithen (1918–1999) - 49th Governor of Louisiana from 1964 to 1972 - born in Grayson
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 4, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 4, 2013