Merryville
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Location in Louisiana
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Beauregard Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 45 ′ N , 93 ° 32 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,103 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 52 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 21.2 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 24 m | ||
| Postal code : | 70653 | ||
| Area code : | +1 337 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-50010 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 537040 | ||
Merryville is a small town (with the status of " Town ") in Beauregard Parish in US -amerikanischen State Louisiana . In 2010 Merryville had 1,103 residents.
geography
Merry Ville is located in western Louisiana, a few kilometers east of the border with Texas forming the Sabine River . The geographical coordinates of Merryville are 30 ° 45'14 "north latitude and 93 ° 32'13" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 21.2 km².
Neighboring towns of Merryville are DeRidder (31.4 km east-northeast), Singer (17.4 km southeast) and Bon Wier in Texas (11 km west).
The closest major cities are Shreveport (230 km north), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (262 km east), Louisiana's largest city New Orleans (384 km in the same direction), Lafayette (194 km east-southeast), Beaumont , Texas (122 km southwest ) and Texas' largest city, Houston (150 miles in the same direction).
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 190 runs through the northwest of Merryville . In the city center, Louisiana Highways 110 and 389 meet. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Timber Rock Railroad , a Class III railroad company belonging to the Watco Companies, runs through Merryville .
With the Beauregard Regional Airport, there is a small airfield located 24.7 km east-northeast. The nearest major airports are Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (372 km to the east) and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (249 km to the southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Merryville had 1,103 people in 423 households. The population density was 52 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 423 households.
The racial the population was composed of 81.1 percent white, 14.6 percent African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0. percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 26,800 USD . The per capita income was $ 14,958. 33.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Sam H. Jones (1897–1978) - 47th Governor of Louisiana (1940–1944) - born in Merryville
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 21, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 21, 2013