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Also known as Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, Lincoln Parish, LA

parish in Louisiana, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Louisiana
Region
North Louisiana
Named after
Abraham Lincoln
Parish seat and largest city
Ruston
Total
472 sq mi (1,220 km )
Land
472 sq mi (1,220 km )
Water
0.7 sq mi (1.8 km )
Percentage
0.2 sq mi (0.52 km )
Estimate 2025
48,360
Rank
LA : 25th
Density
103/sq mi (39.6/km )
Time zone
UTC-6 ( CST )
Summer dst
UTC-5 ( CDT )
Congressional district
5th
Website
Parish of Lincoln

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Abraham Lincoln
Located in
Louisiana
Contains
Ruston
Capital
Ruston
Population
48396
Area
1223
Shares border with
Bienville Parish
Official website
www.lincolnparish.org
Image
Lincoln Parish, LA, Courthouse IMG 3776.JPG
Households
17861
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Commons category
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
water as percent of area
0.2
native label
Lincoln Parish
inception
1873-00-00
per capita income
22379
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Encyclopedic overview

Autrey Dogtrot House, built in 1849 by Absalom and Elizabeth Norris Autrey, formerly of Selma, Alabama is located west of Dubach. The oldest restored dogtrot house in Lincoln Parish, it was listed in 1980 on the National Register of Historic Places. Historic Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad depot in downtown Ruston; Robert Edwin Russ, the founder of Ruston, sold land to the railroad in 1883.

Lincoln Parish (French: Paroisse de Lincoln) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,396. The parish was created on February 24, 1873, from parts of Bienville, Claiborne, Union, and Jackson parishes, and its boundaries have changed only once (in 1877). This makes Lincoln Parish one of the Reconstruction parishes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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