Springhill (Louisiana)
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Location in Louisiana
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| Foundation : | 1818 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Webster Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 0 ′ N , 93 ° 28 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,269 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 329.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 16.3 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) of which 16 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 89 m | ||
| Postal code : | 71075 | ||
| Area code : | +1 318 | ||
| FIPS : | 22-72485 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2405514 | ||
| Website : | www.springhilllouisiana.gov | ||
Springhill is a city in Webster Parish in the US state of Louisiana . Almost 5300 people live in an area of over 16 square kilometers.
Springhill is part of the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region , which includes parts of the four states of Arkansas , Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas .
geography
Springhill is located in the northwest of the state of Louisiana in the southern United States, directly on the northern border with Arkansas and about 55 kilometers from the western border with Texas. Lake Murray and Williams Lake with the adjoining Paper Mill Pond border the city in the southwest . Lake Erling in Arkansas is five kilometers northwest of the city .
Nearby cities include Sarepta (8 km south), Taylor (9 km north), Shongaloo (17 km southeast), Bradley (18 km northwest), and Plain Dealing (23 km southwest). The next larger city with around 200,000 inhabitants is Shreveport, 55 kilometers southwest .
history
The first permanent settlement of the area around today's Shonagloo was recorded around 1818 south of the Parish Seat in Minden . In 1894 the present city area was known as Barefoot . It was incorporated in 1902.
economy
As in all places in the region, Springhill's economy was initially shaped by the timber industry. It all started in 1896 when the Pine Woods Lumber Company set up a factory here. Urban growth benefited enormously from this settlement. After the global economic crisis , the company migrated and the population fell sharply. The company's former facilities changed hands several times in the following years. In 1937, the International Paper Company opened a paper mill that boosted wood extraction and allowed the regional economy to grow again. The subsequent establishment of a farm for wood production made Springhill the lumber center of northern Louisiana. In 1979, however, the paper mill was closed; together with the crisis in the oil industry, this also had a negative impact on the economy. Until 2007 the farm was also sold to competitor Georgia-Pacific .
Only the Tucker Lumber Company sawmill remains today .
traffic
US Highway 371 runs through the city in a north-south orientation . It runs through Magnolia and Prescott in the north to the east of De Queen and joins Interstate 49 in the south . It is crossed in the center of the city by Louisiana Highway 157 , which begins at US Highway 71 south of Shreveport and merges into an intersection north of Shongaloo.
About 40 kilometers west of the city run along the same route as Interstate 49 and US Highway 71 , and about 45 kilometers south of the city is Interstate 20 , which runs 2,470 kilometers through six states.
Springhill has a small airport and is also connected to regional air traffic via Shreveport Regional Airport .
Demographics
The 2000 census showed a population of 5439 people, divided into 2258 households and 1485 families. The population density was 337 people per square kilometer. 73.5% of the population were white, 25.1% black, 0.8% Hispanics or Latin Americans, 0.2% Asians, 0.2% Indians, and under 0.1% Pacific islanders. 0.3% came from a different ethnicity, 0.7% had two or more ethnicities. For every 100 women there were 85 men. The median age was 40 and the per capita income was over US $ 17,500, which means that around 20% of the population lived below the poverty line.
By the 2010 census , the population had dropped to 5269.
Personalities
- Trace Adkins (* 1962), a country singer, was born in Springhill.
- John David Crow (1935-2015) was a football player and was nominated four times to the Pro Bowl . He attended Springhill High School .
Web links
- Website of the city of Spring Hill (Engl.)
- Statistical data on Spring Hill (Engl.)
- North Webster Chamber of Commerce (Engl.)