Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

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Claiborne Parish (Template:Langx) is a parish located in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish was formed in 1828,[1] and was named for the first Louisiana governor, William C. C. Claiborne. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,170.[2] The parish seat is Homer.[3]

History

John Murrell moved his family from Arkansas to the Flat Lick Bayou area about 6 miles west of present-day Homer in 1818, and they became the first known non-natives to permanently settle in Claiborne Parish. As more settlers moved into the area, the Murrell house served as a church, school and post office. When the state legislature created Claiborne Parish out of Natchitoches Parish in 1828, all governmental business, including court, began being held in the Murrell house. This continued until the new parish's police jury selected Russellville (now a ghost town located northeast of Athens) as the parish seat.[4][5][6] As the population began swelling in what was then the western part of the parish, the seat was moved to Overton (another modern ghost town found near Minden) in 1836, because of its position at the head of the navigable portion of Dorcheat Bayou. Due to flooding and health concerns, the parish seat was moved to Athens in 1846, but an 1848 fire destroyed the courthouse and all the records in it. Soon thereafter the Claiborne Police Jury chose the present site for the parish seat, which came to be named, Homer.[7][8]

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Government and infrastructure

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections operates the David Wade Correctional Center in an unincorporated section of Claiborne Parish near Homer and Haynesville.[9][10]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". is land and Script error: No such module "convert". (1.6%) is water.[11]

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Communities

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Towns

Villages

Unincorporated communities

Demographics

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2020 census

Claiborne Parish, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[17] Pop 1990[18] Pop 2000[19] Pop 2010[20] Pop 2020[21] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 9,032 9,300 8,679 8,084 7,064 52.83% 53.43% 51.50% 47.01% 49.85%
Black or African American alone (NH) 7,851 8,022 7,925 8,707 6,138 45.93% 46.09% 47.03% 50.64% 43.32%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 2 28 24 59 43 0.01% 0.16% 0.14% 0.34% 0.30%
Asian alone (NH) 10 13 14 39 42 0.06% 0.07% 0.08% 0.23% 0.30%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [22] x [23] 2 1 0 x x 0.01% 0.01% 0.00%
Other race alone (NH) 13 2 2 2 21 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.15%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [24] x [25] 77 132 383 x x 0.46% 0.77% 2.70%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 187 40 128 171 479 1.09% 0.23% 0.76% 0.99% 3.38%
Total 17,095 17,405 16,851 17,195 14,170 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 14,170 people, 5,917 households, and 3,718 families residing in the parish.[26]

Politics

With a narrow majority of African Americans in the population, Claiborne Parish in the years after the civil rights movement was primarily Democratic in political complexion. In 1988, Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush prevailed in Claiborne Parish with 3,756 votes (53.6 percent). Governor Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts trailed with 3,158 votes (45.1 percent).[27] In 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton of neighboring Arkansas, obtained 3,609 votes (53.6 percent) in Claiborne Parish. Republican Bob Dole of Kansas polled 2,500 votes (37.1 percent).[28]

However, by 2008, U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona easily carried the parish in his losing race to Barack Obama. McCain polled 3,750 votes (54.8 percent) to Obama's 3,025 votes (44.2 percent).[29] In 2012, Mitt Romney carried the parish, with 3,649 votes (54.2 percent), nearly identical to the McCain tally four years earlier. President Obama received 3,014 votes (44.8 percent), or .6 of 1 percent greater than his earlier tabulation.[30]

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Education

Claiborne Parish School Board serves the entire parish.[31]

Claiborne Academy is a private institution in an unincorporated area in the parish, near Haynesville.[32]

Notable people

Prominent Claiborne Parish residents include or have included:

Gallery

See also

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References

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