Marksville (Louisiana)
Avoyelles Parish
22-48750
Marksville is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Avoyelles Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Marksville had 5702 inhabitants.
Geography
Marksville is situated in the center of Louisiana, a few kilometers south of the Red River. The geographic coordinates of Marksville are 31 ° 07'36 " north latitude and 92 ° 03'58 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 10.6 km ².
Neighbouring places of Marksville are Bordelonville (27,7 km to the east), Moreauville ( 16 km southeast ), Mansura (8,9 km south) and Hessmer (9,8 km south-west ).
The nearest large towns are Mississippi's capital Jackson (294 km northeast), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (144 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans (263 km in the same direction), Lafayette (120 km south) and Shreveport (249 km north-west ).
Traffic
In Marksville Louisiana Highways 1, 107, 115 and 452 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The Marksville Municipal Airport is located on the southern outskirts of a small airfield. located 13.9 km west-southwest of a small airfield. The next airports are the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (249 km southeast) and the Jackson - Evers International Airport (307 km northeast).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Marksville 5702 people in 2067 households. The population density was 537.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2067 households lived statistically 2.5 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 50.5 percent white, 42.9 percent African American, 1.9 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 26,071. The per capita income was $ 15,899. 34.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Little Walter (1930-1968) - Blues musician - born in Marksville
- Elaine S. Edwards ( born 1929 ) - for a short time U.S. Senator 1972 - born in Marksville
- Edwin Edwards ( * 1927) - 1972 to 1996 Governor of Louisiana - born in Marksville
- John H. Overton (1875-1948) - Democratic member of both houses of the U.S. Congress - born in Marksville
- Alfred Briggs Irion (1833-1903) - 1885-1889 Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lived and worked for several years in Marksville