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Claiborne Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Region
- North Louisiana
- Founded
- March 15, 1828
- Named after
- William C. C. Claiborne
- Parish seat
- Homer
- Largest municipality
- Lisbon (area), Homer (population)
- Total
- 767 sq mi (1,990 km )
- Land
- 755 sq mi (1,960 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km )
- Percentage
- 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 13,354
- Density
- 18.8/sq mi (7.25/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- Claiborne Parish Government
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William C. C. Claiborne
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Capital
- Homer
- Population
- 14170
- Area
- 1988
- Shares border with
- Webster Parish
- Official website
- www.claiborneone.org
- Image
- Claiborne Parish Courthouse in Homer, LA.jpg
- Households
- 5808
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- Commons category
- Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
- different from
- Claiborne County
- water as percent of area
- 1.6
- native label
- Claiborne Parish
- inception
- 1828-00-00
- per capita income
- 15149
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
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Encyclopedic overview
Claiborne Parish (French: Paroisse de Claiborne) is a parish located in the northwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish was formed in 1828, and was named for the first Louisiana governor, William C. C. Claiborne. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,170. The parish seat is Homer.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Claiborne Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.