Ferriday
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suburb town of Natchez, located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- Concordia
- Mayor
- Sherrie Jacobs
- Total
- 1.63 sq mi (4.22 km )
- Land
- 1.63 sq mi (4.22 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Density
- 1,957.4/sq mi (755.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 22-25440
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- suburb
- Official name
- Ferriday
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Concordia Parish
- Population
- 3189
- Area
- 4.219729
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Image
- Ferriday Louisiana July 2019.jpg
- Households
- 1067
- Dialing code
- 318
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- Commons category
- Ferriday, Louisiana
- postal code
- 71334
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ferriday, Louisiana
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 10863
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Encyclopedic overview
Ferriday is a town in Concordia Parish, which borders the Mississippi River and is located on the central eastern border of Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ferriday had a population of 3,189. It is an African-American majority town.
The town claims to have produced more famous people per square mile than any other in America. Elaine Dundy explored both celebrities and townsfolk in her book, Ferriday, Louisiana, published by E. P. Dutton in 1991.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ferriday” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.