Coushatta, Louisiana

Coordinates: 32°01′23″N 93°20′30″W / 32.02306°N 93.34167°W / 32.02306; -93.34167
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Coushatta
Zip Code
71019
Area code318
FIPS code22-18055
Websitetownofcoushatta.com

Coushatta is a small town, and the

2010 census, however, reported 1,964 residents, a decline of 335 persons, or nearly 15 percent during the course of the preceding decade.[3] In 2020, its population was 1,752. The city is named after the Coushatta, a Native American
nation indigenous to the region.

History

Welcome sign

Red River Parish and the Red River Valley were areas of unrest and white

African Americans who far outnumbered the whites. After the war, white planters and farmers tried to reestablish dominance over a majority of the population. With emancipation
and being granted citizenship and suffrage, African Americans tried to create their own lives.

Formed in May 1874 from white militias, the

civil rights and voting rights. It used violence against officeholders, running some out of town and killing others, and acted near elections to suppress black and white Republican voter turnout.[4]

In one of the more flagrant examples of violence, the White League in August 1874 captured six Republican officials in Coushatta, made them sign a pledge to leave the state, and escorted them when they were

Reconstruction studies.[5]

The White League also killed five to twenty freedmen who had been escorting the Republicans and were witnesses to the assassinations.

U.S. Grant to help control the state. Ordinary Southerners wrote to the White House describing the terrible conditions and fear they lived under during these years.[7]

With increased fraud, violence and intimidation, white

civil rights legislation and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
.

After World War II, Dr. Lawrence Edward L'Herisson, Sr., a native of Bossier Parish, built a 23-bed regional rural hospital in Coushatta. He subsequently relocated to Shreveport.[8] Coushatta is now served by the 25-bed Christus Coushatta Health Care Center.[9]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2), of which 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (2.91%) is water.

North of Coushatta, Loggy Bayou, which flows from Lake Bistineau, joins the Red River.

Climate

This

Köppen Climate Classification system, Coushatta has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[10]

Climate data for Coushatta, Louisiana
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 61
(16) 		64
(18) 		71
(22) 		77
(25) 		84
(29) 		89
(32) 		91
(33) 		91
(33) 		88
(31) 		80
(27) 		71
(22) 		63
(17) 		78
(26)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 41
(5) 		44
(7) 		51
(11) 		57
(14) 		66
(19) 		72
(22) 		74
(23) 		74
(23) 		69
(21) 		59
(15) 		50
(10) 		43
(6) 		58
(14)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 5.5
(140) 		3.3
(84) 		3.5
(89) 		3.6
(91) 		6.1
(150) 		6.1
(150) 		5.1
(130) 		4.8
(120) 		6
(150) 		3.9
(99) 		4.6
(120) 		4.6
(120) 		57.2
(1,450)
Source: Weatherbase [11]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880488—
189061926.8%
1900600−3.1%
1910564−6.0%
192096270.6%
1930959−0.3%
19401,28934.4%
19501,78838.7%
19601,663−7.0%
19701,492−10.3%
19802,08439.7%
19901,845−11.5%
20002,29924.6%
20101,964−14.6%
20201,752−10.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[12]
Coushatta racial composition as of 2020[13]
Race Number Percentage
White
(non-Hispanic) 		465 26.54%
Black or African American
(non-Hispanic) 		1,175 67.07%
Native American
 6 0.34%
Other/Mixed
 51 2.91%
Latino
 55 3.14%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,752 people, 856 households, and 541 families residing in the town.

Economy

Businesses

Coushatta is the home of C Troop 2-

256th Infantry Brigade
. This unit returned from its second deployment to Iraq in 2010.

Education

Red River Junior and Senior High School in Coushatta

Coushatta and all of Red River Parish are served by the Red River Parish School District. Zoned campuses include Red River Elementary School (grades PK–5), Red River Junior High School (grades 6–8), and Red River Senior High School (grades 9–12). Coushatta is also home to Magnolia Bend Academy (grades PK-12), a “homeschool service” with both in-person and at-home enrollment options.

Media

Newspapers include The Coushatta Citizen and Red River Parish Journal. Radio station KRRP broadcasts gospel music.

Notable people

In popular culture

Huell Babineaux, a fictional character from the American television shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is from Coushatta. Coushatta plays a pivotal role in the Better Call Saul episode of the same name.[16]

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Louisiana 2010 census report". census.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  4. ^ Nicholas Lemann, Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War, New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006, p.76
  5. ISBN 978-0-8232-1894-3
    . Retrieved July 5, 2010.
  6. ^ Danielle Alexander, "Forty Acres and a Mule: The Ruined Hope of Reconstruction", Humanities, January/February 2004, Vol.25/No.1. Her article says that twenty freedmen were killed. Archived September 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 14, 2008
  7. ^ Nicholas Lemann, Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War, New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006, p.76-77. Lemann contends that five freedmen were killed.
  8. The Shreveport Times
    . Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "Overview". usnews.com. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  10. ^ Climate Summary for Coushatta, Louisiana
  11. ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
  12. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  13. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  14. ^ "Henry W. Bethard, III". legaldirectories.com. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  15. ^ "Wheat, Lloyd Franklin". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  16. ^ Bowman, Donna (September 24, 2018). "Better Call Saul pulls out all the stops for an epic Wexler-McGill legal team-up". TV Club. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

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