Vivian, Louisiana Vivian, Louisiana Caddo Parish Louisiana incorporated and unincorporated areas Vivian highlighted.svg Location in Caddo Parish and the state of Louisiana.
Louisiana in United States (US48).svg Location of Louisiana in the United States Vivian is a town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States and is home to the Red Bud Festival.
Williamson was succeeded as mayor in 1966 by Jimmy Wilson, a grocer and banker, who served until 1972, when he won his only term in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Wilson was the Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th congressional precinct in 1978 and 1980.
"Vivian is fifty miles from Texarkana, and that was about as close as you could get and still be in Louisiana.
Vivian surrounded by the lesser towns of Rodessa, Ida, Oil City, Belcher, Gilliam, and Hosston.
Vivian was the 'urban center' where people from the lesser towns came to shop, go to the movies, join in the excitement of town/city life as it was.
Vivian is positioned in northwestern Caddo Parish at 32 52 16 N 93 59 12 W (32.870974, -93.986731). Louisiana Highway 1 passes through the center of the town, dominant north 11 miles (18 km) to the Texas border at the northwest corner of Louisiana, and south 30 miles (48 km) to Shreveport.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Vivian has a total region of 5.5 square miles (14.2 km2), all of it land. Vivian Town Hall The Vivian Railroad Station Museum is positioned downtown.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $23,800, and the median income for a family was $29,867.
Vivian is part of the Shreveport Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The library is homed in the once-abandoned, now-restored Vivian Elementary School building.
Vivian has been the locale of a several recent films.
Dan Flores, historian of the American West, born in Vivian in 1948 Jasper Smith (1905-1992), Vivian lawyer, town/city attorney, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1944 to 1948 and then 1952 to 1964 Don Williamson, state representative (1968-1972), State Senator (1972-1980), and member of the Caddo Parish School Board before to 1968 Message From The Mayor; Town of Vivian.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Vivian town, Louisiana".
"Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012" (PDF).
Town of Vivian, official website Municipalities and communities of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States Blanchard Greenwood Oil City Vivian
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