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BossierCity.org. Bossier City ( / ˈboʊʒər / BOH-zhər) is a city in Bossier Parish in the northwestern region of the state of Louisiana in the United States. [ 3] It is the second-most populous city in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area. In 2020, it had a total population of 62,701, up from 61,315 in 2010.
Shreveport ( / ˈʃriːvpɔːrt / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [ 4 ] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.
The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, officially designated Shreveport–Bossier City by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [ 1] or simply Greater Shreveport, is a metropolitan statistical area in northwestern Louisiana that covers three parishes: Caddo, Bossier, and DeSoto. [ 2] At the 2020 United States census, the ...
History of Louisiana. Shreve Town was originally contained within the boundaries of a section of land sold to the company by the indigenous Caddo Indians in the year of 1835, during the period of Indian Removal. [ 1] In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from the large Natchitoches Parish and Shreve Town was designated as the parish seat.
Bossier Parish is named for Pierre Bossier, [ 6] an ethnic French, 19th-century Louisiana state senator and U.S. representative from Natchitoches Parish . Bossier Parish was spared fighting on its soil during the American Civil War. In July 1861, at the start of the war, the Bossier Parish Police Jury appropriated $35,000 for the benefit of ...
The parish seat and largest city is Shreveport, which developed along the Red River. [2] The city of Shreveport is the economic and cultural center for the tri-state region of the Ark-La-Tex containing Caddo Parish. Caddo Parish is included in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area.
Delta Air Lines was a major player at the airport for many years as Shreveport was a "focus city" and mini-hub for this air carrier. According to the February 1, 1976, edition of the Official Airline Guide (OAG), Delta was operating thirty-three (33) flights a day with Boeing 727-200 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jetliners from Shreveport. [ 7 ]
Politics of Shreveport. Founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1871, Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. The city is the parish seat of Caddo Parish. A portion of east Shreveport extends in to Bossier Parish because of the changing course of the Red River . The city of Shreveport has a mayor-council government.