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Richland Parish
; Richland Parish, Louisiana;
	Parish
	Richland Parish
	; Alto Presbyterian Church;
	; ; Location in the U.S. state of Louisiana;
	; ; Louisiana's location in the U.S.;
	32°25′18″N 91°45′43″W / 32.421736°N 91.762070°W / 32.421736; -91.762070
Founded	September 29, 1878
Named for	Rich, Fertile Land
Largest Town	Rayville
Area
• Total	576 sq mi (1,492 km2)
• Land	559 sq mi (1,448 km2)
• Water	9.375 sq mi (24 km2), 1.6%
Population (est.)
• (2017)	20,411
Time zone	; Central: UTC−6/−5;

Richland Parish is a parish located in the North Louisiana Delta Country in the U.S. state of Louisiana, known for its fertile, flat farmland, cane brakes, and open spaces. The name Richland was chosen due to the rich production from farming.

History

The parish was officially created on September 29, 1868.^[1]Rayville, Louisiana, the parish seat, was named for John Ray, a politician from Monroe with large land holdings in present day Rayville.^[2]

Richland Parish is home to the first public parish library in the State of Louisiana, the Rhymes Memorial Library. The library was built in 1925 by the Lambda Kappa Club of Rayville. R.R. Rhymes donated the original building in memory of his wife, Nonnie Roark Rhymes.^[3]

Geography

Bayou Macon flows through the western areas of Richland. Other tributaries in the parish include Crew Lake, and the Lafourche Diversion Canal are located in the western portion of the parish. Boeuf River flows from the northern end to the southern end in the center of the parish.

Adjacent parishes

Morehouse Parish (north)

West Carroll Parish (northeast)

Madison Parish (east)

Franklin Parish (south)

Caldwell Parish (southwest)

Ouachita Parish (west)

Parks and Wildlife management areas

Poverty Point Reservoir State Park

Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area

Floy Ward McElroy Wildlife Management Area

Transportation

Bridge crossing the Boeuf River on Hwy 15 near Alto, LA

	Interstates and State Highways
	Interstate 20
	U.S. Highway 80
	Louisiana Highway 15
	Louisiana Highway 17
	Louisiana Highway 585
	Louisiana Highway 132
	Louisiana Highway 133
	Louisiana Highway 135

	Air, Rail, Levee
	Rayville Municipal Airport
	Delhi Municipal Airport
	Monroe Regional Airport
	Kansas City Southern Railroad
	Tensas Basin Levee District

Population Trends

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1870	5,110		—
1880	8,440		65.2%
1890	10,230		21.2%
1900	11,116		8.7%
1910	15,769		41.9%
1920	20,860		32.3%
1930	26,374		26.4%
1940	28,829		9.3%
1950	26,672		−7.5%
1960	23,824		−10.7%
1970	21,774		−8.6%
1980	22,187		1.9%
1990	20,629		−7.0%
2000	20,981		1.7%
2010	20,725		−1.2%
Est. 2016	20,430	^[4]	−1.4%
U.S. Decennial Census^[5] 1790-1960^[6] 1900-1990^[7] 1990-2000^[8] 2010-2013^[9]

As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,725.^[9] The parish seat is Rayville.^[10]

Education

Public Schools

Delhi Elementary

Delhi Junior High

Delhi High School

Holli Ridge Elementary

Mangham Elementary

Mangham Junior High

Mangham High School

Rayville Elementary

Rayville Junior High

Rayville, High School

Start Elementary

Private Schools

Riverfield Academy, K-12

Charter Schools

Delhi Charter, K-12

Community & Technical Colleges

Louisiana Delta Community College, (with campus locations in neighboring Tallulah, Winnsboro, Lake Providence, Bastrop, Monroe, and West Monroe.)

Regional Universities

University of Louisiana at Monroe

Louisiana Tech University, (Ruston)

Grambling State University, (Grambling)

Communities

Towns

Delhi

Rayville (parish seat)

Village

Mangham

Census-designated place

Start

Unincorporated communities

Alto

Archibald

Crew Lake

Dunn

Girard

Holly Ridge

Rhymes

Other notable place names include Bardel, Bee Bayou, Buckner, Charlieville, Goff, Jonesburg, New Light, Producers Spur, Sun Spur, and Warden.

Government

Parish Administration	Administrators
Sheriff	Gary Gilley, No Party
Coroner	Dr. Matt Prine, Republican
Assessor	Emmett "Lee" Brown, III, Democrat
School Board Superintendent	Sheldon Jones
Homeland Security	Dawn Williams

Parish Police Jury	Police Jurors
District 1, Delhi	Steve" Craig, Republican
District 2, Delhi	Patrick Stubblefield, Democrat
District 3, Rayville	Sharon Gee, Democrat
District 4, Rayville	James "Steve" Lofton, Republican
District 5, Rayville	Paul Slayter, Republican
District 6, Rayville	Althan Smith, Democrat
District 7, Alto	Cecil Reddick, Republican
District 8, Start	Elliot Colvin, Republican
District 9, Mangham	Roy Wiggins, Jr., Republican

5th Judicial District	Parish Judicial Leaders
Division "A"	Clay Hamilton, Republican
Division "B"	Will Rhymes Barham, Republican
Division "C"	"Steve" Dean, Republican
Clerk of Court	Stacie Williamson, Republican

Parish School Board	Board Members
District 1, Delhi	"Billy" Calvert, No Party
District 2, Delhi	Eugene Young, Jr., Democrat
District 3, Rayville	Moses "DeJohn" Wilkins, Democrat
District 4, Rayville	James Hough, Republican
District 5, Rayville	Alece Copeland, No Party
District 6, Rayville	Marie Lewis, Democrat
District 7, Archibald	Joe Chapman, No Party
District 8, Start	Kevin Eppinette, No Party
District 9, Mangham	"Chris" Pruitt, Republican

Notable people

Ralph Abraham, from Alto, elected Member of Congress in The United States House of Representatives.

Jamar Adcock, a politician and banker in Monroe, born in Richland Parish

Benny Gay Christian, state representative for Richland Parish, 1964 to 1974.

Terry Doughty, is a federally appointed judge for the Western District of Louisiana.

George B. Franklin, Jr., was a prominent planter, philanthropist, and conservationist.

Elvin Hayes, NBA Hall of Fame basketball player, born in Rayville

Arlene Howell, Miss Louisiana USA 1958, Miss USA 1958

Fred W. Jones, Jr., city, district, and state court judge, born in Rayville; resided in Ruston, Louisiana

Ralph E. King, Winnsboro physician who represented Richland Parish in the Louisiana State Senate from 1944 to 1952 and again from 1956 to 1960

William L Kirk, of Rayville was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe/Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe.

Ernie Ladd, a football player/professional wrestler, born in Rayville

Moses J. Liddell was appointed by President Grover Cleveland as a judge for the Supreme Court of the Montana Territory.

Wiley Person Mangham, an American publisher and editor. He is the namesake for the town of Mangham, Louisiana

Charles McConnell, politician in Springhill, Louisiana; a native of Richland Parish

Keith Munyan, Jr., commercial photographer in North Hollywood, California

Tim McGraw, Country musician, born in Delhi, and raised in Start

Darryl Riser, editor of the Delhi Dispatch and Richland Beacon-News and, formerly, the Richland Journal

Robert Max Ross, was a Republican politician and activist who qualified to run for Governor, U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House, for the purpose of advancing the two-party system in Louisiana, at a time it did not exist.

Francis C. Thompson served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1975 until 2008; since in the Louisiana State Senate

Tim McGraw, a famous country musician.

Ralph Abraham, U.S. House of Representatives.

Elvin Hayes, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.

Wiley Person Mangham, American Publisher and Editor.

Gallery

Former Rayville High School, operated by the Richland Parish School Board and originally designed by the Shreveport architect Edward F. Neild, was renovated into an apartment complex

Holly Ridge High School in Holly Ridge in rural Richland Parish

Veteran's Memorial in Mangham

Rhymes Memorial Library in Rayville was the first parish wide public library in Louisiana.

Poverty Point Reservoir in Delhi.

Start Baptist Church

Richland Parish Courthouse, in Rayville

Alto Presbyterian Church, built in 1873

Richland Parish Detention Center near Alto, Louisiana

First Baptist Church in Delhi

Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery

Politics

Presidential elections results

**Presidential elections results**^[11]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
2016	65.5% 6,287	32.9% 3,157	1.6% 153
2012	62.7% 5,846	36.3% 3,387	1.0% 96
2008	62.6% 5,751	36.1% 3,311	1.3% 119
2004	63.1% 5,471	35.6% 3,082	1.3% 112
2000	57.7% 4,895	38.7% 3,282	3.6% 308
1996	43.2% 3,765	47.6% 4,143	9.2% 802
1992	42.8% 3,808	41.6% 3,706	15.6% 1,389
1988	62.9% 5,226	34.1% 2,833	3.1% 256
1984	65.8% 5,980	32.1% 2,918	2.0% 185
1980	54.6% 4,772	42.8% 3,745	2.6% 227
1976	49.9% 3,630	48.1% 3,495	2.0% 145
1972	70.8% 4,304	22.0% 1,335	7.2% 440
1968	16.0% 1,031	15.7% 1,017	68.3% 4,415
1964	85.8% 4,498	14.2% 747
1960	35.6% 1,378	25.7% 996	38.6% 1,495
1956	29.9% 1,063	30.8% 1,094	39.4% 1,400
1952	39.7% 1,645	60.3% 2,499
1948	4.7% 119	37.9% 960	57.4% 1,456
1944	19.0% 488	81.1% 2,087
1940	11.4% 310	88.6% 2,417
1936	6.4% 165	93.5% 2,425	0.2% 4
1932	2.5% 46	97.4% 1,773	0.1% 1
1928	18.3% 242	81.7% 1,083
1924	14.6% 116	85.4% 678
1920	7.0% 50	93.0% 664
1916	1.1% 7	98.9% 650
1912	0.5% 2	89.9% 393	9.6% 42

References

^ "Richland Parish". Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism. Retrieved September 5, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

^ Leeper, Clare D’Artois (2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 204.

^ "Richland Library First To Form Under New Law" (page 3). The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana). Newspapers.com. 13 Jan 1928. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

^ ^a^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2013.

^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

External links

Richland Parish Chamber of Commerce

Richland Parish Assessor's Office

Coordinates: 32°25′N 91°46′W / 32.42°N 91.76°W / 32.42; -91.76

[1] "Richland Parish". Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism. Retrieved September 5, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[Ray-2] Leeper, Clare D’Artois (2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 204.

[3] "Richland Library First To Form Under New Law" (page 3). The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana). Newspapers.com. 13 Jan 1928. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[USCensusEst2016-4] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[5] "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[6] "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[7] "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[8] "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[QF-9] "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2013.

[GR6-10] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[11] Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Rayville
Towns	Delhi Rayville
Village	Mangham
CDP	Start
Other unincorporated communities	Alto Archibald Bardel Bee Bayou Buckner Charlieville Crew Lake Dehlco Dunn Four Forks Gilleyville Girard Holly Ridge Jonesburg Mitchiner New Light Rhymes Sacksonia Scott Landing‡ Warden

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