Back مقاطعة أواتشيتا (لويزيانا) Arabic Ouachita Parish, Louisiana BAR ঔয়াচিতা পারিশ, লুইসিয়ানা BPY Ouachita Gông (Louisiana) CDO Уошито (кӀошт, Луизиана) CE Ouachita Parish CEB Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Welsh Ouachita Parish German Parroquia de Ouachita Spanish Ouachita vald Estonian

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Parish
Parish of Ouachita
Ouachita Parish Courthouse in Monroe was built in the 1930s by the contractor George A. Caldwell
Ouachita Parish Courthouse in Monroe was built in the 1930s by the contractor George A. Caldwell
Flag of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Flag
Official seal of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Country United States
State Louisiana
RegionNorth Louisiana
FoundedMarch 31, 1807
Named forOuachita people
Parish seat (and largest city)Monroe
Area
 • Total1,640 km2 (632 sq mi)
 • Land1,600 km2 (610 sq mi)
 • Water50 km2 (21 sq mi)
 • percentage9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total160,368
 • RankLA: 8th
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code318
Congressional district5th
WebsiteOuachita Parish Police Jury
Ouachita Parish Public Library in downtown West Monroe

Ouachita Parish (French: Paroisse d'Ouachita) is a parish located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,368.[1] The parish seat is Monroe.[2] The parish was formed in 1807.[3]

Ouachita Parish is part of the Monroe, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located here is Watson Brake, the oldest indigenous earthwork mound complex in North America. It was built around 3500 BCE, making it older than the Ancient Egyptian pyramids or Britain's Stonehenge. It is on privately owned land and not available for public viewing.[4]

  1. ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Ouachita Parish". Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  4. ^ Saunders, Joe W.; Mandel, Rolfe D.; Sampson, C. Garth; Allen, Charles M.; Allen, E. Thurman; Bush, Daniel A.; Feathers, James K.; Gremillion, Kristen J.; Hallmark, C. T.; Jackson, H. Edwin; Johnson, Jay K.; Jones, Reca; Saucier, Roger T.; Stringer, Gary L.; Vidrine, Malcolm F. (2005), "Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic Mound Complex in Northeast Louisiana", American Antiquity, 70 (4): 631–668, doi:10.2307/40035868, JSTOR 40035868, S2CID 162372990

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