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Shreveport, LA

Shreveport, Louisiana
City
City of Shreveport
Skyline of Shreveport
Skyline of Shreveport
Flag of Shreveport, Louisiana
Flag
Motto: "The Next Great City of the South"
Location in Caddo Parish and the state of Louisiana.
Location in Caddo Parish and the state of Louisiana.
Coordinates: 32°30′53″N 93°44′50″W / 32.51472°N 93.74722°W / 32.51472; -93.74722Coordinates: 32°30′53″N 93°44′50″W / 32.51472°N 93.74722°W / 32.51472; -93.74722
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parishes Caddo, Bossier
Founded 1836
Incorporated March 20, 1839
Named for Henry Miller Shreve
Government
 • Mayor Ollie Tyler (D)
 • City Council
Area
 • City 120.8 sq mi (312.9 km2)
 • Land 105.4 sq mi (272.9 km2)
 • Water 15.4 sq mi (40.0 km2)  12.79%
 • Metro 2,698 sq mi (6,987.8 km2)
Elevation 144 ft (43. m)
Population (2010)
 • City 199,311
 • Estimate (2015) 197,204
 • Rank

US: 120th

Louisiana: 3rd
 • Density 1,891/sq mi (730.3/km2)
 • Urban 298,317 (US: 126th)
 • Metro 443,708 (US: 119th)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 318
Website City of Shreveport

US: 120th

Shreveport (/ˈʃrvpɔːrt/ SHREEV-port) is the third-largest city in the state of Louisiana and the 113th-largest city in the United States. It is the seat of Caddo Parish and extends along the Red River (most notably at Wright Island, the Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park, and Bagley Island) into neighboring Bossier Parish. Bossier City is separated from Shreveport by the Red River. The population of Shreveport was 199,311 in 2010, and the Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Area population exceeds 441,000. The Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area ranks 111th in the United States, according to the United States Census Bureau.

Shreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas and, prior to that time, into Mexico.


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