Crowley, Louisiana City of Crowley State Louisiana Location of Crowley in Louisiana Location of Louisiana in the United States Crowley (Local pronunciation: / kr li/) is a town/city in and the church seat of Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The populace was 13,265 at the 2010 census but 14,225 in 2000, a loss of nearly a thousand persons.
Crowley is noted for its annual International Rice Festival.
Crowley has the nickname of "Rice Capital of America", because at one time it was a primary center for rice harvesting and milling.
Today, Crowley still has a number of rice mills and rice is the chief crop of many small-town farmers.
The Crowley High School "Fighting Gents" were State Division 3 - A Champs in the 1989 football season and had an 8-2 regular season.
Crowley is also the home of Notre Dame High School.
Crowley is the principal town/city of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Acadia Parish.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.9 square miles (13 km2), all land.
Duson, General Manager of Southwest Louisiana Land Company, plotted and advanced Crowley.
Duson's daughter, Maime Duson, married Percy Lee Lawrence, who established the First National Bank of Crowley.
The town was titled after Pat Crowley, an Irish barns man who brought the barns depot to W.W.
Duson, continue to live in Crowley.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $24,495, and the median income for a family was $28,180.
Jack Brooks, member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1953 to 1995 and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee from 1989 to 1995, born in Crowley A four-time All-Pro Cincinnati Bengals defensive back/punt returner from 1972 1977, former Louisiana State Senator.
Bill Cleveland, Crowley real estate developer and member of both homes of Louisiana state council from 1944 to 1964; defeated for third term in state Senate in 1964 by Edwin Edwards Chris John, former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and the Louisiana House of Representatives Victoria Reggie Kennedy, native of Crowley, second wife of the late Senator Edward M.
Rose Wilder Lane, daughter of famed American children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder, attended high school in Crowley John Travis Nixon, journal publisher, Crowley Daily Signal (1898-1909), forerunner of Crowley Post Signal Gil Pinac, member of the Crowley City Council (1987 1996), Alderman-at-Large & Mayor Pro-tempore; member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives (1996 2008); candidate for Louisiana Public Service Commission (2009) Edmund Reggie, former Crowley judge; father-in-law of Edward Kennedy "Crowley (city), Louisiana".
Louisiana State Department of History & Culture.
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