Duson
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town in Acadia and Lafayette parishes, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- Acadia , Lafayette
- Named after
- Cornelius C. Duson
- Total
- 3.02 sq mi (7.81 km )
- Land
- 3.01 sq mi (7.79 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 33 ft (10 m)
- Density
- 440.8/sq mi (170.21/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 22-22255
- Website
- townofduson .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Duson is a town in Acadia and Lafayette parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The town was named after Curley Duson, a sheriff of St. Landry Parish. At the 2010 U.S. census, the town had a population of 1,716; in 2020, at the population estimates program, its population was 1,761. The Lafayette Parish portion of Duson is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area, while the Acadia Parish portion is part of the Crowley micropolitan statistical area. Duson also has a ghost town affiliated with it, a tiny neighborhood that was made but never finished. It is currently blocked off by the town's police.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Duson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.