Merryville, Louisiana
Beauregard Parish
22-50010
Merryville is a small town ( with a status of " Town" ) in Beauregard Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Merryville had 1103 inhabitants.
Geography
Merry Ville is located in the west of Louisiana, a few kilometers east of the border with Texas forming Sabine River. The geographical coordinates of 30 ° 45'14 Merryville are " north latitude and 93 ° 32'13 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 21.2 km ².
Neighbouring places of Merryville are DeRidder ( 31.4 km ENE ), Singer (17,4 km southeast) and Bon Wier, Texas (11 miles west).
The nearest major cities are Shreveport (230 km north), Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge (262 km east), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 384 km in the same direction), Lafayette (194 km east-southeast ), Beaumont, Texas (122 km south-west ) and Texas ' largest city, Houston (247 km in the same direction).
Traffic
Due to the north-west of Merryville runs the four-lane U.S. Highway 190 in the city center, the Louisiana Highways 110 and 389 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Merryville runs a railroad belonging to the Watco Companies Timber rock Railroad, a Class III railroad.
With the Beauregard Regional Airport is located 24.7 km east-northeast a small airfield. The next airports are the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (372 km east) and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (249 km southwest).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Merryville 1103 people in 423 households. The population density was 52 people per square kilometer. In the 423 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.
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 were 1.8 percent of the population are 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 median annual income for a household was $ 26,800. The per capita income was $ 14,958. 33.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Sam H. Jones (1897-1978) - 47th Governor of Louisiana ( 1940-1944 ) - born in Merryville