Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Parish
Lincoln Parish Courthouse in Ruston
Lincoln Parish Courthouse in Ruston
Flag of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Flag
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Country United States
State Louisiana
RegionNorth Louisiana
Founded1873
Named forAbraham Lincoln
Parish seat (and largest city)Ruston
Area
 • Total
1,220 km2 (472 sq mi)
 • Land1,220 km2 (472 sq mi)
 • Water2 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
 • percentage0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
48,396
 • RankLA: 25th
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code318
Congressional district5th
WebsiteParish of Lincoln
Autrey Dogtrot House, built in 1849 by Absalom and Elizabeth Norris Autrey, formerly of Selma, Alabama is located west of Dubach. The oldest restored dogtrot house in Lincoln Parish, it was listed in 1980 on the National Register of Historic Places.
Historic Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad depot in downtown Ruston; Robert Edwin Russ, the founder of Ruston, sold land to the railroad in 1883.

Lincoln Parish (French: Paroisse de Lincoln) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,396.[1] The parish was created on February 24, 1873, from parts of Bienville, Claiborne, Union, and Jackson parishes, and its boundaries have changed only once (in 1877). This makes Lincoln Parish one of the Reconstruction parishes.[2]

The parish seat was Vienna from the parish's creation in 1873 until 1884, when a parish-wide vote moved it to the new railroad town of Ruston.[3][4][5][6][7]

Lincoln Parish comprises the Ruston micropolitan statistical area.

  1. ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Lincoln Parish, Louisiana". Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "" + theTitle + "". Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "A bill has passed both Houses..." The Ouachita Telegraph. February 15, 1873. p. 3. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "AN ACT Creating the parish of Lincoln, aud providing for the organization thereof". Bossier Banner-Progress. August 9, 1873. p. 1. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "The people of Lincoln parish..." The Donaldsonville Chief. October 25, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  6. ^ "The people of Lincoln parish..." The Donaldsonville Chief. November 15, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.