Bossier City, Louisiana
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| City of Bossier City | ||
A central plaza of the Louisiana Boardwalk with the Horseshoe Hotel and Casino in the background
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| Motto: "Union, Justice, Confidence" | ||
 Bossier City
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| Coordinates: 32°31′04″N 93°41′29″W / 32.51778°N 93.69139°WCoordinates: 32°31′04″N 93°41′29″W / 32.51778°N 93.69139°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Louisiana | |
| Parishes | Bossier | |
| Founded | 1907 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Lorenz James "Lo" Walker (R) | |
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| Area | ||
| • Suburban city | 111.8 sq mi (290 km2) | |
| • Land | 109.7 sq mi (284 km2) | |
| • Water | 2.1 sq mi (5 km2) 1.89% | |
| • Metro | 2,698 sq mi (6,987.8 km2) | |
| Elevation | 174 ft (53 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Suburban city | 61,315 | |
| • Estimate (2015) | 68,094 | |
| • Rank | US: 518th | |
| • Density | 1,382.6/sq mi (533.8/km2) | |
| • Metro | 446,471 (US: 113th) | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
| Area code(s) | 318 | |
| Website | City of Bossier City | |
Bossier City (/ˈboʊʒər/ BO-zher; French: Ville de Bossier) is a suburb of Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, located in Bossier Parish.
As of the 2010 census, Bossier City had a population of 61,315. The 2013 estimate was 66,333. Bossier City is located on the eastern bank of the Red River and is closely tied to its larger sister city Shreveport on the opposite bank. The Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area is the center of the region known as the Ark-La-Tex.
Bossier City is not the parish seat. The parish courthouse is located instead in Benton, about 12 miles (19 km) to the north of Bossier City.
In the 1830s, Bossier City was the plantation Elysian Grove, purchased by James Cane and his 2nd wife Mary D. C. Cane. James and his first wife, Rebecca Bennett, came to the area with Rebecca's brother, William Bennett and his wife Mary Doal Cilley Bennett. They first had the trading post across the river on what was then Caddo Indian Land, a portion called "Bennett's Bluff". The trading post partners and Mary D. C. Bennett's father, Samuel Bennett, became a 1/7 partner in the new Shreve Town, which eventually became Shreveport.
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