Harrisonburg, Louisiana
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Location in Louisiana
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Catahoula Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 46 ′ N , 91 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 348 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 133.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 23 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71340 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-33210 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1629956 | ||
Harrisonburg is a municipality (with the status " Village ") and the administrative seat of Catahoula Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Harrisonburg had 348 residents.
geography
Harrisonburg is located in north-central Louisiana on the west bank of the Ouachita River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Red River . The border between Louisiana and the neighboring state of Mississippi , formed by this, runs around 50 km east of Harrisonburg.
The geographical coordinates of Harrisonburg are 31 ° 46'20 "north latitude and 91 ° 49'17" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.6 km².
Harrisonburg's neighbors are Enterprise (14 miles north), Sicily Island (12 miles northeast), and Jonesville (17.3 miles south).
The nearest major cities are Shreveport (263 km west-northwest), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (378 km north), Mississippi's capital Jackson (224 km east-northeast), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (207 km south-southwest), Lafayette (217 km south) and Texas 'largest city Houston (476 km southwest).
traffic
Louisiana Highways 8 , 124 and 922 meet in Harrisonburg . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is Alexandria International Airport in Alexandria, 103 km southwest .
population
According to the 2010 census , Harrisonburg had 348 people in 146 households. The population density was 133.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 146 households.
The racial the population was composed of 71.8 percent white, 25.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American and 0.3 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 54.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was at 20,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,967. 26.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- William B. Spencer (1835–1882) - Democratic member of the US House of Representatives (1876–1877) - practiced as a lawyer in Harrisonburg until the Civil War
- Riley J. Wilson (1871-1946) - Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives (1915-1937) - lived in Harrisonburg for a long time
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 11, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 11, 2014