Columbia (Louisiana)

Caldwell Parish

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Columbia is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) and the administrative seat of Caldwell Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Columbia had 390 inhabitants.

Geography

Columbia is located in north-central Louisiana, on the west bank of the Ouachita River. The geographical coordinates of Columbia are 32 ° 06'19 " north latitude and 92 ° 04'40 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.1 km ².

Towns nearby Columbia are Banks Springs (3 km southwest), Grayson (7,1 km in the same direction), Clarks (11,3 km in the same direction).

The nearest large towns are Mississippi's capital Jackson (221 ​​km northeast), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (261 km south-southeast ), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 389 km in the same direction), Lafayette (244 km south), Shreveport (199 km west-northwest ) and Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (333 km north).

Traffic

U.S. Highway 165 and here congruent extending Louisiana Highway 4 leading from southwest to northeast as the main road through Columbia. The U.S. 165 leaves the city in a north-easterly direction over the John J. McKeithen Bridge across the Ouachita River. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In parallel to U.S. 165 runs for freight traffic a railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The Caldwell Parish Airport is located 3.8 km north-east a small airfield. The next airports are the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( 375 km south-southeast ) and the Jackson - Evers International Airport (236 km east).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Columbia 390 people in 165 households. The population density was 185.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 165 households lived statistically 2.12 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 66.4 percent white and 32.8 percent African Americans; 0.8 per cent ( three people) descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 36,071. The per capita income was $ 25,322. 17.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Charles J. Boatner (1849-1903) - 1889-1897 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - born and raised in Columbia
  • John McKeithen (1918-1999) - 1964-1972 49th Governor of Louisiana - lived in Columbia and is buried there
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