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Cameron is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] It is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area . After sustaining extreme damage from Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008, in the 2010 Census Cameron was recorded as having a population of only 406, a 79% ...
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.
Caddo Parish: 017: Shreveport: 1838: from part of Natchitoches Parish. Named for the Caddo Native American people 226,386: 937 sq mi (2,427 km 2) Calcasieu Parish: 019: Lake Charles: 1840: from part of St. Landry Parish. After the French form of the Atakapa name Katkōsh Yōk, meaning 'Crying Eagle', an Atakapa Native American leader 203,761: ...
Mayor From To Party Notes Angus McNeill: 1836: 1839: None: President of Shreve Town Co. John Octavius Sewall: 1839: 1840: Whig: First Elected Mayor William Walton George, M.D.: 1840
It is named for a former publisher of the Shreveport Times. Louisiana State University Shreveport ( LSU Shreveport or LSUS) is a public university in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System. Initially, a two-year college, LSUS has expanded into a university with 21 undergraduate degree programs, a dozen master ...
Cameron Parish ( French: Paroisse de Cameron) is a parish in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,617. The parish seat is Cameron. [ 2] Although it is the largest parish by area in Louisiana, it has the second-smallest population in the state, ahead of only Tensas.
Caddo Parish ( French: Paroisse de Caddo) ( / ˈkædoʊ /) is a parish located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 237,848. [ 1] The parish seat and largest city is Shreveport, which developed along the Red River.
The town of Shreveport was founded in 1836. In 1853, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Natchitoches, removing the Shreveport area and most of Louisiana from the Diocese of New Orleans. Father Jean Pierre, parish priest at Bayou Pierre in Louisiana, started visiting Shreveport in 1856.