Bogalusa, Louisiana

Bogalusa, Louisiana
Bogalusa, Louisiana
City
	Great Southern Lumber Company in Bogalusa, 1930s
	Bogalusa boundary map
	Bogalusa, Louisiana Bogalusa, Louisiana
	Coordinates: 30°46′50″N 89°51′50″W / 30.78056°N 89.86389°W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Washington
Incorporated	July 4, 1914
Government
• Mayor	Tyrin Truong (D)
Area
• Total	9.55 sq mi (24.74 km2)
• Land	9.51 sq mi (24.62 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation	95 ft (29 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	10,659
• Density	1,121.41/sq mi (432.98/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70427
Area code	985
FIPS code	22-08150
Website	http://www.bogalusa.org

Bogalusa is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,232 at the 2010 census. In the 2020 census the city reported a population of 10,659. It is the principal city of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Washington Parish and is also part of the larger New Orleans–Metairie–Hammond combined statistical area.

The name of the city derives from the Choctaw language term bogue lusa, which translates into English as "dark water^[4] or "smoky water".^[5] Located in an area of pine forests, in the early 20th century, this industrial city was developed as a company town, to provide worker housing and services in association with a Great Southern Lumber Company sawmill.^[6] In the late 1930s, this operation was replaced with paper mills and chemical operations.

^ City of Bogalusa: Mayor's Office Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-06-03
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ "Bogalusa LA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
^ Rony, Vera. "Bogalusa: The Economics of Tragedy". Dissent May–June 1966. p 235.
^ Curtis, Michael (1973). "Early Development and Operations of the Great Southern Lumber Company". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 14 (4): 347–368. JSTOR 4231349. Archived from the original on February 20, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

[1] City of Bogalusa: Mayor's Office Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-06-03

[CenPopGazetteer2020-2] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.

[3] "Bogalusa LA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

[4] Leeper, Clare D'Artois (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.

[5] Rony, Vera. "Bogalusa: The Economics of Tragedy". Dissent May–June 1966. p 235.

[6] Curtis, Michael (1973). "Early Development and Operations of the Great Southern Lumber Company". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 14 (4): 347–368. JSTOR 4231349. Archived from the original on February 20, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

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