Simsboro, Louisiana facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Simsboro, Louisiana
Village
Village of Simsboro
JR's Place is the restaurant in Simsboro.
Location of Simsboro in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Lincoln
Area
• Total	3.48 sq mi (9.02 km2)
• Land	3.48 sq mi (9.02 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	322 ft (98 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	803
• Density	230.61/sq mi (89.04/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	318
FIPS code	22-70630

Simsboro welcome sign

Regan Madden Park in Simsboro is named for Ragan Madden (1910-1990), a former Lincoln Parish district attorney who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1940 to 1949. The village misspelled his first name on the park sign.

Simsboro Town Hall

Simsboro High School

Weyerhaeuser plant east of Simsboro

Simsboro is a village in western Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 841 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Two 20th century lawmakers who were natives of Simsboro are interred at Simsboro Cemetery: State Representatives L.D. "Buddy" Napper, who served from 1952 to 1964, and practiced law for a half-century in Ruston, and Ragan Madden, who left the House in 1949 to become the five-term district attorney of the 3rd Judicial District. A 19th Century lawmaker who lived in Simsboro was Representative George M. Lomax, who in 1894 introduced the enabling legislation, Act 68, to establish the future Louisiana Tech University.

Geography

Simsboro is located at 32°32′3″N 92°47′11″W / 32.53417°N 92.78639°W / 32.53417; -92.78639 (32.534169, -92.786417).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km²), all land.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 803 people, 352 households, and 264 families residing in the village.

See also

In Spanish: Simsboro para niños