De - Ridder, Louisiana De - Ridder, Louisiana Beauregard Parish Courthouse Parishes Beauregard, Vernon Location of De - Ridder in Louisiana De - Ridder is a small town/city in and the church seat of Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States. A small portion of the town/city extends into Vernon Parish.
As of the 2010 census De - Ridder had a populace of 10,578. It is the lesser principal town/city of the Fort Polk South-De - Ridder CSA, a Combined Travel Destination that includes the Fort Polk South (Vernon Parish) and De - Ridder (Beauregard Parish) micropolitan areas, which had a combined populace of 87,988 at the 2010 census. De - Ridder was titled for Ella de Ridder, the sister-in-law of a Dutch barns financier, Jan de Goeijen. Her family originally came from the small town of Geldermalsen in the Netherlands, where she was one of 13 children.
She ran away from home at an early age and was presumed dead by her family, who only later identified that she had traveled to the United States.
The July 26, 1924, the De - Ridder Enterprise stated: "The first home in De - Ridder was made of logs and veiled with board shingles, split by hand from the logs of the forest.
It was constructed in 1893 and was the old homestead home of Calvin Shirley, who was the initial owner of the territory upon which the first company house and residence of De - Ridder were built.
According to Eva Stewart Frazar, whose family came to De - Ridder near the turn of the century, "The biggest pine in the world interval where De - Ridder now stands - or so it is claimed by timber men who knew." About the origin of the town, she says, "the Kansas City barns was assembled from Kansas City to Port Arthur - and came right through here about 1896.
By this time De - Ridder had a sawmill, and timber was the prime industry of the area.
In 1903, De - Ridder was finally incorporated as a town.
On October 15, 1912, De - Ridder was voted the church seat of Beauregard Parish.
The Beauregard Parish Court House and the Beauregard Parish Jail (see below) were assembled in 1914.
De - Ridder is positioned in northern Beauregard Parish at 30 51 5 N 93 17 25 W (30.851419, -93.290230) and has an altitude of 203 feet (61.9 m). U.S.
Route 171 leads south 48 miles (77 km) to Lake Charles and north 15 miles (24 km) to the entrance to Fort Polk and 21 miles (34 km) to Leesville.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, De - Ridder has a total region of 9.2 square miles (23.9 km2), of which 9.2 square miles (23.7 km2) is territory and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.96%, is water. The former Beauregard Parish Jail The building known as the "Old Beauregard Parish Jail" is a structure that is considered one of the most distinct ive of its type in the US. The structure has the characteristics of the collegiate Gothic architectural style, with shallow arches, dormer windows, and a central tower.
On October 4, 1981, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places, along with a several other buildings in De - Ridder.
In the town/city of De - Ridder, the populace was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Beauregard Parish School Board operates small-town enhance schools.
Adams, state representative from Vernon Parish from 1956 to 1968; born in De - Ridder in 1916 Aguillard, president of Louisiana College in Pineville 2005 - 2014; Beauregard Parish school superintendent, 1999-2000 Allen Bradley, state representative from 1984 to 1992; lawyer and businessman and former De - Ridder City Council member Rusty Hamer, former child actor who committed suicide in De - Ridder in 1990 Charles Emery Tooke, Jr., state senator for De - Soto and Caddo churches, 1948 to 1956; Shreveport lawyer, born in De - Ridder in 1912 "City of De - Ridder, Louisiana".
City of De - Ridder, Louisiana.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): De - Ridder city, Louisiana".
Beauregard Parish Jail hanging referenced.
"Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Vernon Parish" (PDF).
City of De - Ridder official website Beauregard Parish History Historic De - Ridder: Downtown Walking Tour, a pamphlet presented by the Beauregard Tourist Commission (June 2000).
Municipalities and communities of Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States Municipalities and communities of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Cities in Louisiana - Parish seats in Louisiana - Cities in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana - Cities in Vernon Parish, Louisiana - Cities in the Central Louisiana
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