Zwolle (Louisiana)
Sabine Parish
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Zwolle is a city in Sabine Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Covering an area of nearly ten square kilometers, nearly 1,800 people live.
Zwolle is part of the socio-economic region Ark- La -Tex, which includes parts of four states Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
Geography
Zwolle is in the northwest of the state of Louisiana in the southern United States, about 15 miles from the western border with Texas and 170 km from the northern border with Arkansas. Just west of town is a large, the Sabine National Forest, national lake connects, the extending nearly 100 kilometers along the border with the state of Texas.
Nearby cities include Converse ( 14 km northwest ), Belmont (14 km northeast), Many (15 km southeast), Pleasant Hill (22 km northeast) and Marthasville (25 km northeast). The nearest major town is about 200,000 inhabitants, is the 90 km northerly Shreveport.
History
The first inhabitants of present-day urban area were the Moundbuilders, an ancient tribe of North American Indians. They came here to seek protection from the severe storms in the region and found it in the basin-like shape of the landscape. The inhabitants built mounds and mounds, forming a circle around the present city area along with naturally formed hills.
The first English settlers reached the area about 1824 Natchitoches. They came mostly from Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and North and South Carolina. 1871 more settlers came and appropriated land.
Arthur Stilwell later built the railroad Kansas City Southern Railroad from Kansas City, Missouri, to the eponymous town of Port Arthur in Texas. When he reached Van Buren, Arkansas, went to him from the funds. He traveled to the Dutch city of Zwolle and met up with his friend, the coffee trader Jan De Goeijen. This was impressed by a Catholic church in the present area and bought shares worth 3 million dollars to allow the continuation of railway construction. As a sign of gratitude was the place that had so impressed him, named after his home and birthplace, and was named Zwolle. The naming certificate was certified on June 12, 1898.
Traffic
To the east of the city of U.S. Highway 171, which leads north over Mansfield to Shreveport and in the south on Leesville and DeRidder to Lake Charles, where he rises in the Interstate 10 runs. In addition, the Louisiana highways run 120, 191, 475 and 1216 through the village. About 50 kilometers east of the city is connected to the Interstate 49
Demography
The 2000 census showed a population of 1783 people, spread over 630 households and 437 families. The population density was 213 people per square kilometer. 47.2 % of the population were black, 33.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Indians and 6.4% White. 1.1% were from a different ethnicity, 2.0% had two or more ethnicities. For every 100 females 82 males. The average age was 30 years, the per capita income was about $ 9,000, so about 40 % of the population were below the poverty line.
Until the 2010 census, the population dropped to 1759 people.