DeQuincy, Louisiana | |
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 Location of DeQuincy in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. | |
.svg) Location of Louisiana in the United States | |
| Coordinates:30°26′56″N93°26′44″W / 30.44889°N 93.44556°W /30.44889; -93.44556[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Calcasieu |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.19 sq mi (8.27 km2) |
| • Land | 3.19 sq mi (8.27 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 82 ft (25 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,144 |
| • Density | 984.9/sq mi (380.27/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 70633[3] |
| Area code | 337 |
| FIPS code | 22-20575 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404219[1] |
| Website | www |
DeQuincy is the northernmost city inCalcasieu Parish,Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,235 at the2010 census.[4] DeQuincy is part of theLake Charlesmetropolitan statistical area.
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DeQuincy was founded in 1897 as a railroad town with the Calcasieu, Vernon & Shreveport Railway Company (CV&S) having been completed and Arthur Stilwell's Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Railway Company (KCS&G), that was owned by theKansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (KCP&G), completed in 1897.[5]
On 8 March 1944, two Air Force aircraft from nearbyBarksdale Air Force Base collided overhead killing seven people.[6]
DeQuincy is located in northern Calcasieu Parish. Louisiana Highways12 and27 pass through the center of town: LA 12 leads east 36 miles (58 km) toKinder and southwest 22 miles (35 km) toDeweyville, Texas, while LA 27 leads north 31 miles (50 km) toDeRidder and south 17 miles (27 km) toSulphur, 9 miles (14 km) west ofLake Charles.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, DeQuincy has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km2), all land.[4]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1910 | 715 | — | |
| 1920 | 1,823 | 155.0% | |
| 1930 | 3,589 | 96.9% | |
| 1940 | 3,252 | −9.4% | |
| 1950 | 3,837 | 18.0% | |
| 1960 | 3,928 | 2.4% | |
| 1970 | 3,448 | −12.2% | |
| 1980 | 3,966 | 15.0% | |
| 1990 | 3,474 | −12.4% | |
| 2000 | 3,398 | −2.2% | |
| 2010 | 3,235 | −4.8% | |
| 2020 | 3,144 | −2.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,368 | 75.32% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 544 | 17.3% |
| Native American | 26 | 0.83% |
| Asian | 8 | 0.25% |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.03% |
| Other/Mixed | 119 | 3.78% |
| Hispanic orLatino | 78 | 2.48% |
As of the2020 United States census, there were 3,144 people, 972 households, and 720 families residing in the city.
DeQuincy was founded as arailroad settlement, and theKansas City Southern andUnion Pacific railroads remain principal employers for area citizens.
Thetimber industry has long been a vital part of the local economy. DeQuincy is home toTemple-Inland's Southwest Louisiana Lumber Operation.
The DeQuincy Industrial Airpark houses facilities for Thermoplastic Services, Recycle Inc., United Oilfield Services, and Paragon Plastic Sheet. In 2002,Calgon Carbon Corporation planned to construct acarbon reactivation plant in the airpark, though those plans have been delayed due toenvironmental concerns.
The former Grand Avenue High School was the site of the highest scoring boys high school basketball game on January 29, 1964, when Grand Avenue beatCameron, Louisiana's Audrey Memorial High School by a score of 211 to 29.[9][10][11]
TheUnited States Postal Service operates the DeQuincy Post Office.[12]
TheLouisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections formerly operated theC. Paul Phelps Correctional Center inunincorporatedBeauregard Parish, about 3 miles (5 km) north of DeQuincy.[13] The facility closed in November 2012
Calcasieu Parish Public Schools operates public schools:
The town has been the subject of numerous hoaxes by satirical writerPaul Horner, widely spread on the Internet. The hoaxes claim the town enacted bizarre legislation such as banning those of Korean descent, issuing handguns to school children, permittingbigamy, banningtwerking, and the city being completely eradicated byzombies onbath salts.[14]
DeQuincy Mayor Lawrence Henagan, aDemocrat,[15] was falsely targeted in 2016 by anInternet hoax[16] that he had jailed a volunteer fire chief for thirty days and then dismissed the man after the chief had prayed at the scene of a fire. The story identified the mayor as "Lawana Jones, anAfrican-Americanatheist" and the fire chief as "39-year-old Ronnie Edwards." Henagan, the chairman of thedeacon board at the FirstBaptist Church of DeQuincy, said that the chief is free to pray whilefirefighting. Henagan said he would join the fire chief in prayer. Henagan said that he has no knowledge why he was singled out for afake news article but noted that he could take no legal action because the reports used fictitious names.[17]
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