Simmesport
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town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Parish
- Avoyelles
- Total
- 2.37 sq mi (6.15 km )
- Land
- 2.19 sq mi (5.66 km )
- Water
- 0.19 sq mi (0.49 km )
- Elevation
- 46 ft (14 m)
- Density
- 671.9/sq mi (259.43/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 22-70525
- Website
- simmesportla .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Simmesport
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Avoyelles Parish
- Population
- 1468
- Area
- 6.145936
- Elevation
- 9
- Households
- 577
- Dialing code
- 318
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- postal code
- 71369
- water as percent of area
- 7.9307
- per capita income
- 15130
- Commons category
- Simmesport, Louisiana
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Encyclopedic overview
Simmesport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Simmesport had a population of 1,468. It is the northernmost town on the Atchafalaya River, located near the Old River which connects the Red and Atchafalaya rivers with the Mississippi River.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simmesport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.