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Allen Parish

parish in Louisiana, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Louisiana
Named after: Henry Watkins Allen
Seat: Oberlin
Largest city: Oakdale
Total: 766 sq mi (1,980 km )
Land: 762 sq mi (1,970 km )
Water: 4.1 sq mi (11 km ) 0.5%
Estimate 2025: 22,672
Density: 29.9/sq mi (11.5/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Area code: 318 337
Congressional district: 4th
Website: www .allenparish .com

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Allen Parish (French: Paroisse d'Allen) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,750. The parish seat is Oberlin and the largest city is Oakdale. Allen Parish is in southwestern Louisiana, southwest of Alexandria.

Allen Parish is named for former Confederate States Army general and Governor of Louisiana Henry Watkins Allen. It was separated in 1912 from the larger Calcasieu Parish to the southwest.