Place:Bienville, Louisiana, United States

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NameBienville
Alt namesBienvillesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeParish
Coordinates32.367°N 93.05°W
Located inLouisiana, United States
See alsoClaiborne, Louisiana, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Lincoln, Louisiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Red River, Louisiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Webster, Louisiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ada
Alberta
Arcadia
Armistead
Bear Creek
Bienville
Blume
Brown
Bryan
Bryceland
Burkplace
Carolina
Castor
Crowson
Danville
Driscoll
Ebenezer
English
Fords
Friendship
Fryeburg
Gibsland
Guynes
Hunt
Jamestown
Lawhon
Liberty Hill
Loe
Lucky
Manning
Mount Lebanon
Mount Olive
New Friendship
New Ramah
Newman
Old Castor
Old Saline
Pine Grove
Pleasant Hill
Pratt
Ridge
Ringgold
Roy
Sailes
Saline
Shady
Sparta
Taylor
Thomas
Tullis
Woodardville
Unknown
Freyburg
Mt. Lebanon
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Bienville Parish is a parish located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,981. The parish seat is Arcadia.

The highest natural point in Louisiana, a hill known as Mt. Driskill, in elevation, is located in north central Bienville Parish. The mountain is located on private land with public access by walking trail. It is named for James Christopher Driskill, a 19th-century landowner. Nearby is Jordan Mountain, with an elevation of .

Lake Bistineau and Lake Bistineau State Park embrace parts of Bienville and neighboring Webster and Bossier parishes.

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Date Event Source
1848 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 5,539
1860 11,000
1870 10,636
1880 10,442
1890 14,108
1900 17,588
1910 21,776
1920 20,977
1930 23,789
1940 23,933
1950 19,105
1960 16,726
1970 16,024
1980 16,387
1990 15,979

Note: Population for 1860 is that published in the 1860 report as "estimated".

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