Shongaloo, Louisiana
Webster Parish
22-57765
Shongaloo is a city in Webster Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Covering an area of over 20 square kilometers, nearly 200 people.
Shongaloo is part of the socio-economic region Ark- La -Tex, which includes parts of four states Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
In the language of the Indians of North America Shongaloo means about Running Water ( German Flowing Water ) or Cypress Tree ( German cypress).
Geography
Shongaloo is in the northwest of the state of Louisiana, about ten kilometers from the northern border with Arkansas and 67 miles from the western border with Texas. About 15 kilometers west of the city lie the two lakes Lake Murray and Paper Mill Pond.
Nearby cities include Sarepta (13 km southwest), Haynesville (13 km east), Cotton Valley (15 km southwest), Spring Hill (17 km north-west ) and Homer (25 km southeast). The nearest major town is about 200,000 inhabitants, is the 50 km south west Shreveport.
Traffic
In a north-south orientation Shongaloo from Louisiana Highway 159 is run, which leads in the south to Minden. In the city center it crosses the Louisiana Highway 2, which runs from Vivian in the west to Bernice and there in the U.S. Highway 63/US Highway 167 rises.
About 40 kilometers south of the city runs off Interstate 20, which connects to a length of 2470 kilometers, six states. In addition, there are considerations to extend the Interstate 69 south. He would then run a few kilometers east of the city.
About the Shreveport Regional Airport and the much smaller Springhill Airport, there is also a connection to the regional air traffic.
Demography
The 2000 census showed a population of 162 people, spread over 65 households, and 47 families. The population density was among eight people per square kilometer. 98.2 % of the population were white, 0.6 % Indians and 0.6 % Hispanics or Latin Americans. 1.2% had two or more ethnicities. For every 100 females 105 males. The average age was 45 years, the per capita income was nearly 21,000 U.S. dollars, which slightly more than 10 % of the population lived below the poverty line.
Until the 2010 census, the population has risen to 182.