Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Lincoln Parish (French: Paroisse de Lincoln) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,396. The parish was created on February 24, 1873, from parts of Bienville, Claiborne, Union, and Jackson parishes, and its boundaries have changed only once (in 1877). This makes Lincoln Parish one of the Reconstruction parishes.

The parish seat was Vienna from the parish's creation in 1873 until 1884, when a parish-wide vote moved it to the new railroad town of Ruston.

Lincoln Parish comprises the Ruston micropolitan statistical area.

History Since the late 20th century, archeologists have dated 11 sites in northern Louisiana where thousands of years ago, indigenous cultures built complexes with multiple, monumental earthwork mounds during the Middle Archaic period, long before the development of sedentary, agricultural societies. At sites such as Watson Brake, Frenchman's Bend, and Caney, generations of hunter-gatherers worked for hundreds of years to build and add to mound complexes. Hedgepeth Site, located in Lincoln Parish, is dated about 5200–4500 BP (about 3300–2600 BCE), from the latter part of this period. Such finds are changing the understanding of early human cultures.Robert W. Preucel, Stephen A. Mrozowski, Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism, John Wiley and Sons, 2010, p. 177

The parish was one of several new ones established by the state legislature during Reconstruction; in 1873 it was formed from land that had belonged to Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson and Union parishes to create one in which newly elected representatives might have more ties to the Republican Party. It was an attempt to break up the old order of political power, and to capitalize on the arrival of the railroad line. The parish is named for the late U.S. president Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln Parish is usually Republican in contested elections. In 2012, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won the parish with 10,739 votes (56.5 percent) to U.S. President Barack H. Obama, the Democrat who polled 7,956 ballots (41.9 percent).

Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water.

Major highways Interstate 20 U.S. Highway 63 U.S. Highway 80 U.S. Highway 167 Louisiana Highway 33 Louisiana Highway 145 Louisiana Highway 146 Louisiana Highway 147 Louisiana Highway 149 Louisiana Highway 150 Louisiana Highway 151 Louisiana Highway 152 Louisiana Highway 507 Louisiana Highway 544 Louisiana Highway 545 Louisiana Highway 556 Louisiana Highway 563 Louisiana Highway 797 Louisiana Highway 815 Louisiana Highway 818 Louisiana Highway 819-1 Louisiana Highway 819-2 Louisiana Highway 819-3 Louisiana Highway 819-4 Louisiana Highway 819-5 Louisiana Highway 820 Louisiana Highway 821 Louisiana Highway 822 Louisiana Highway 823 Louisiana Highway 824-1 Louisiana Highway 824-2 Louisiana Highway 824-3 Louisiana Highway 3005 Louisiana Highway 3012 Louisiana Highway 3061 Louisiana Highway 3072 Louisiana Highway 3074

Adjacent parishes Union Parish (north) Ouachita Parish (east) Jackson Parish (south) Bienville Parish (southwest) Claiborne Parish (northwest)

Communities Cities Grambling Ruston (parish seat and largest municipality)

Towns Dubach Vienna

Villages Choudrant Downsville Simsboro

Unincorporated communities Corinth Mount Zion Pleasant Hill Hico Hilly Unionville

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the parish had a population of 48,396. The median age was 29.9 years. 20.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.7 males age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the parish was 53.8% White, 38.7% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% from some other race, and 4.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 3.6% of the population.

59.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 40.4% lived in rural areas.

There were 18,075 households in the parish, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 37.7% were married-couple households, 21.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 35.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 20,370 housing units, of which 11.3% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 55.4% were owner-occupied and 44.6% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 10.4%.

Racial and ethnic composition

+Lincoln Parish, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 1980Pop 1990Pop 2000Pop 2010 Pop 2020% 1980% 1990% 2000% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)24,45324,42524,20625,31325,67261.50%58.51%56.94%54.16%53.05%Black or African American alone (NH)14,46016,54616,84618,86018,62636.37%39.64%39.63%40.36%38.49%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)3639721091450.09%0.09%0.17%0.23%0.30%Asian alone (NH)1733305387866820.44%0.79%1.27%1.68%1.41%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)x included in the Asian category in the 1980 Censusx included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census6175xx0.01%0.04%0.01%Other race alone (NH)1972452331060.50%0.06%0.12%0.07%0.22%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)x not an option in the 1980 Censusx not an option in the 1990 Census2974281,406xx0.70%0.92%2.91%Hispanic or Latino (any race)4443814921,1891,7541.12%0.91%1.16%2.54%3.62%Total39,76341,74542,50946,73548,396 100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%

Education Lincoln Parish residents are zoned to Lincoln Parish School Board schools.

The parish is home to Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, and Grambling State University in Grambling.

Bethel Christian School is located in Ruston.

Ruston High School is located in Ruston.

Lincoln Preparatory School is located in Grambling.

Choudrant Elementary School and Choudrant High School are located in Choudrant.

Cedar Creek (K - 12) is located in Ruston

National Guard 527th Engineer Battalion (Triple Alpha) ("Anything, Anytime, Anywhere") is headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana, the parish seat. This battalion is part of the 225th Engineer Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard.

Attractions Eddie G. Robinson Museum Lincoln Parish Park Louisiana Military Museum Lincoln Parish Museum Dixie Center for the Arts North Central Louisiana Arts Council Ruston Community Theatre Celebrity Theatre (movie theater) Annual Peach Festival held in Ruston Annual Chicken Festival held in Dubach Kingdom Collectives Film Festival held in Ruston

Politics

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