Marksville
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city in and parish seat of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- Avoyelles
- Mayor
- John Lemoine
- Total
- 4.83 sq mi (12.50 km )
- Land
- 4.81 sq mi (12.47 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 82 ft (25 m)
- Density
- 1,052.3/sq mi (406.28/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Area codes
- 318/457
- Fips code
- 22-48750
- Website
- www .cityofmarksville .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Marksville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Avoyelles Parish
- Population
- 5065
- Area
- 0.034862
- Elevation
- 25
- Capital of
- Avoyelles Parish
- Official website
- www.cityofmarksville.com
- Image
- Marksville District.jpg
- Households
- 2156
- Dialing code
- 318
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- inception
- 1794-00-00
- postal code
- 71351
- P8168
- FCL
- water as percent of area
- 0.2787
- Commons category
- Marksville, Louisiana
- per capita income
- 19530
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Encyclopedic overview
Marksville is a small city in and the parish seat of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Marksville had a population of 5,065.
Louisiana's first land-based casino, Paragon Casino Resort, opened in Marksville in June 1994. It is operated by the federally recognized Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe, which has a reservation in the parish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marksville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.