Back مقاطعة ويست كارول (لويزيانا) Arabic Parroquia de West Carroll AST West Carroll Parish, Louisiana BAR ৱেস্ট কেরোল পারিশ, লুইসিয়ানা BPY West Carroll Gông (Louisiana) CDO Уэст-Карролл (кӀошт, Луизиана) CE West Carroll Parish CEB West Carroll Parish, Louisiana Welsh West Carroll Parish German Parroquia de West Carroll Spanish

West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

West Carroll Parish
Parish
West Carroll Parish Courthouse in Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish Courthouse in Oak Grove
Map of Louisiana highlighting West Carroll Parish
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Map of the United States highlighting Louisiana
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 32°47′N 91°27′W / 32.79°N 91.45°W / 32.79; -91.45
Country United States
State Louisiana
FoundedMarch 26, 1877
Named forCharles Carroll of Carrollton
SeatOak Grove, West Carroll Parish
Largest townOak Grove, West Carroll Parish
Area
 • Total361 sq mi (930 km2)
 • Land360 sq mi (900 km2)
 • Water0.9 sq mi (2 km2)  0.3%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total9,751
 • Density27/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district5th
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The West Carroll Parish Library in Oak Grove
Historic Fiske Theatre in Oak Grove has served West Carroll Parish since 1928.
First Baptist Church in Oak Grove is one of the larger congregations in West Carroll Parish, located across from Oak Grove City Hall; pastor Randy J. Messer (since 1993)

West Carroll Parish (French: Paroisse de Carroll Ouest) is a parish located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,751.[1] The parish seat is Oak Grove.[2] The parish was founded in 1877, when Carroll Parish was divided.[3]

The area of cotton culture in Louisiana in parishes along this part of the Mississippi River was also referred to as the Natchez District. It included the parishes of East Carroll (after the split in 1877), Concordia, Madison and Tensas.[4]

  1. ^ "Census - Geography Profile: West Carroll Parish, Louisiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "West Carroll Parish". Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  4. ^ John C. Rodrigue, Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes, 1862—1880, LSU Press, 2001, p. 176

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