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,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and was named for the first Louisiana governor, William C. C. Claiborne. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,170.<ref name="QF">Template:Cite web</ref> The parish seat is Homer.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="John Murrell-First Settler, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Much of the area history is preserved in the Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum, located across from the parish courthouse in Homer.Template:Citation needed

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.<ref>"David Wade Corr. Center Template:Webarchive." Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Accessed September 14, 2008.</ref><ref>"Inmate wants his privileges restored." The Advocate. January 11, 1990. Retrieved on October 2, 2010. "But Mule was transferred to Wade Correctional Center in Haynesville[...]"</ref>

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (1.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

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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<ref name=1980Census>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 1990<ref name=1990Census>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> % 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 <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census</ref> x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census</ref> 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 <ref>not an option in the 1980 Census</ref> x <ref>not an option in the 1990 Census</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Education

Claiborne Parish School Board serves the entire parish.<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>

Claiborne Academy is a private institution in an unincorporated area in the parish, near Haynesville.<ref>"image007.gif Template:Webarchive." Claiborne Academy. Retrieved on October 2, 2010. "6741 Highway 19, Haynesville, LA 71038."</ref>

Notable people

Prominent Claiborne Parish residents include or have included:

See also

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