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Elton, Louisiana

Field	Value
name	Elton, Louisiana
settlement_type	Town
image_map	File:Jefferson Davis Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Elton Highlighted.svg
map_caption	Location of Elton in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
image_map1	Louisiana in United States (US48).svg
map_caption1	Location of Louisiana in the United States
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Louisiana
subdivision_type2	Parish
subdivision_name2	Jefferson Davis
established_title	Founded
leader_party	R
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Mike Pierrotti
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	4.30
area_total_sq_mi	1.66
area_land_km2	4.30
area_land_sq_mi	1.66
area_water_km2	0.00
area_water_sq_mi	0.00
elevation_ft	49
population_as_of	2020
population_total	992
population_density_km2	230.60
population_density_sq_mi	597.23
timezone1	CST
utc_offset1	-6
timezone1_DST	CDT
utc_offset1_DST	-5
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	70532
area_code	337
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	22-23620
blank2_name_sec2	Wikimedia Commons
website

Elton is a town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 992 at the 2020 census, down from 1,128 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jennings Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The wife of pioneer settler J. M. Henderson is said to have chosen the name "Elton" for her home town from a book in which she read of an English town named Elton. That was probably the town on the northeast coast of England in County Durham near Middlesbrough. Elton, Louisiana, was incorporated as a village in 1911.

Geography

Elton is in northeast Jefferson Davis Parish and is bordered to the north by Allen Parish. U.S. Route 190 passes through the town, leading east 16 mi to Eunice and west 9 mi to Kinder. Jennings, the Jefferson Davis Parish seat, is 26 mi to the south of Elton via Louisiana Highway 26.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Elton has a total area of 4.3 km2, all land.

Demographics

Race	Number	Percentage	White (non-Hispanic)	Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	Native American	Asian	Other/Mixed	Hispanic or Latino
493	49.7%
369	37.2%
32	3.23%
6	0.6%
66	6.65%
26	2.62%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 992 people, 504 households, and 291 families residing in the town.

Education

Jefferson Davis Parish Public Schools operates public schools in Elton. Schools serving Elton, within Elton, include Elton Elementary School (PK-5) and Elton High School (6-12).

Jefferson Davis Parish Library operates the Elton Branch at 813 Main Street.

Notable people

Al Woods- American football player for the New York Jets

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
(2023). "Elton LA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com.
"Explore Census Data".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Elton town, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau.
"www.carencrohighschool.org "Elton named for town in Middlesbrough, England"".
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"Explore Census Data".
"Schools". Jefferson Davis Parish Schools.

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