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Simmesport, Louisiana

Field	Value
name	Simmesport, Louisiana
settlement_type	Town
image_map	File:Avoyelles Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Simmesport Highlighted.svg
map_caption	Location of Simmesport in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
image_map1	Louisiana in United States (US48).svg
map_caption1	Location of Louisiana in the United States
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Louisiana
subdivision_type2	Parish
subdivision_name2	Avoyelles
established_title	Founded
leader_title	Mayor
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	6.15
area_total_sq_mi	2.37
area_land_km2	5.66
area_land_sq_mi	2.19
area_water_km2	0.49
area_water_sq_mi	0.19
population_as_of	2020
population_total	1468
population_density_km2	259.43
population_density_sq_mi	671.85
timezone	CST
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	46
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	71369
area_code	318
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	22-70525
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2407344
website

Simmesport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. 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

The town was founded by Bennet Barton Simmes (1811–1888), one-time owner of White Hall Plantation, which was located on the opposite bank of the Atchafalaya River.

In December 2005 industrialist Frank Stronach founded a new community just south of Simmesport along the Atchafalaya River levee, known as Canadaville, a place intended to house people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.{{cite news Canadaville, Louisiana is no longer a community and was considered to be a failure by many. The site of the community is still there but many of the homes and structures have been moved. Many inhabitants of Canadaville now reside within the town and throughout the area. |access-date = October 4, 2015

Geography

Simmesport is located in eastern Avoyelles Parish on the west bank of the Atchafalaya River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.1 sqkm, of which 5.7 sqkm is land and 0.5 sqkm, or 7.93%, is water.

Demographics

Race	Number	Percentage	White (non-Hispanic)	Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	Native American	Asian	Other/Mixed	Hispanic or Latino
528	35.97%
858	58.45%
8	0.54%
5	0.34%
49	3.33%
20	1.36%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,468 people, 627 households, and 379 families residing in the town.

Notable people

Norma McCorvey, a.k.a. "Jane Roe", the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, was born in Simmesport in 1947.
Joe Simon, the soul musician, was born in Simmesport in 1943.

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
(2023). "Simmesport LA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com.
{{GNIS. 2407344
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Simmesport town, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
''Simmesport, LA,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1998
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"Explore Census Data".

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