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Tensas Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Founded
- March 17, 1843
- Named after
- Taensa people
- Seat
- St. Joseph
- Largest town
- Newellton
- Total
- 641 sq mi (1,660 km )
- Land
- 603 sq mi (1,560 km )
- Water
- 38 sq mi (98 km ) 6.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,700
- Density
- 6.88/sq mi (2.66/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- louisiana .gov /Government /Parish _Tensas /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- St. Joseph
- Capital
- St. Joseph
- Population
- 4147
- Area
- 1661
- Shares border with
- Franklin Parish
- Official website
- www.louisiana.gov/local-louisiana/tensas-parish
- Image
- Tensas Parish courthouse, LA.jpg
- Households
- 1814
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- Commons category
- Tensas Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Tensas Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1843-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 6
- native label
- Tensas Parish
- per capita income
- 18435
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Tensas Parish, Louisiana
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Encyclopedic overview
Tensas Parish (French: Paroisse des Tensas) is a parish located in the northeastern section of the State of Louisiana; its eastern border is the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,147. It is the least populated parish in Louisiana. The parish seat is St. Joseph. The name Tensas is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. The parish was founded in 1843 following Indian Removal.
The parish was developed for cotton agriculture, which dominated the economy through the early 20th century. There has also been some cattle ranching in the 1930s and timber extraction.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tensas Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.