Places - Bossier LAGenWeb

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Towns, Cities & Populated Places

Adner
Airline Park Estates
Alden Bridge a village of Bossier parish, is a station on the St. Louis Southwestern R. R. about 18 miles north of Shreveport and 5 miles east of Red river. It has a money order post office and is the trading center for a considerable district. Its population is about 450.
Allentown a village in the southeastern part of Bossier parish, is on the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific R. R., about 20 miles by rail east of Shreveport. It is a money order post office and has a population of about 500.
Antrim a village in the northwestern part of Bossier parish, is situated at the junction of the St. Louis Southwestern and the Red River & Rocky Mountain railroads, about 15 miles north of Benton and 5 miles east of the Red River. It has a money order post office and is a trading center for a considerable cotton district. Its population is about 500.
Arkana a post-hamlet and station on the northern border of Bossier parish, is on the St. Louis Southwestern R. R., about a mile south of the Arkansas line.
Atkins a village in the southeastern part of Bossier parish, on the line of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation company, about 20 miles southeast of Shreveport. It has a money order post office, is a trading center for a rich cotton district, and has a population of abut 150.
Barso
Bellaire
Bellevue a post-village situated in the eastern part of Bossier parish on Bayou Bodcau, was selected as the first seat of justice of the parish in Feb., 1843, and named Fredonia. In July of the same year the name of Society Hill was adopted, but was shortly afterward changed again to Bellevue. The town was incorporated soon after its foundation, but the work of the council was of a very desultory character. In 1888 an election was held to determine the removal of the seat of justice and some years later it was removed to Benton. Within the past few years a railroad has been built through to the town, and it has become a shipping point of some importance. The population is about 200.
Benton the capital of Bossier parish, is located in the western part of the parish on the line of the St. Louis Southwestern R. R., near the Red river, and about 12 miles north of Shreveport. It was selected as the parish seat by an election in Sept., 1888, but through some fault in the law of 1882 authorizing the removal from Bellevue, the latter place continued to hold the courthouse for some years after the election. The first number of the "Bossier Times," the first newspaper, was issued on Sept. 17, 1857, by Mitchell & Lowry. Benton was incorporated soon after it became the parish seat and in 1900 had a population of 483. The discovery of natural gas near the town since that census was taken has added to the importance of Benton and the present population is much larger. The town has a bank, a money order post office, telegraph and express offices, several good mercantile houses, good schools and churches, and does a considerable business in the manufacture and shipment of lumber, etc.
Bluffs a post-hamlet in the southern part of Bossier parish, is about 4 miles south of Bodcau, the nearest railroad station, and 8 miles southeast of Shreveport.
Bodcau
Bodcau Park a village in the southern part of Bossier parish, is a station on the main line of the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific R. R., about 12 miles east of Shreveport. It has a money order post office, an express office, and is a trading center for the neighborhood.
Bolinger a village in the northern portion of Bossier parish, is a station on the main line of the St. Louis Southwestern R. R., about 4 miles south of the Arkansas line. It has a money order post office, an espress office, and is the trading center for a considerable district. The population in 1900 was 200.
Bossier City a village in the western part of the parish of the same name, is a station on the line of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation company, the St. Louis Southwestern and the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific R. Rs., just across the Red river from Shreveport. It has a money order post office, express offices, some good mercantile establishments, and reported a population of 230 in 1900.
Brookhaven Estates
Brownlee
Brownlee Estates
Buckhouse a little post-village in the northern part of Bossier parish, is located on a short line of railroad called the Arkansas & Eastern, which connects with the St. Louis Southwestern at Arkana.
Burgess a post-hamlet in the northwestern part of Bossier parish is near the Arkansas line and a short distance from Ansel, the nearest railroad station.
Caplis
Carriage Oaks
Carterville a post-hamlet in the northeastern part of Bossier parish, is near the Webster parish boundary, and about 8 miles northeast of Redland, the nearest railroad station.
Cloverdale
Coleman Park
Collinsburg an old post-hamlet of Bossier parish, is a short distance east of the Red river, about 20 miles north of Shreveport. It is one of the few old towns, not situated on a railroad, that has not become extinct since the war. Antrim is the most convenient railroad station.
Cooterville
Country Place
Crestwood Heights
Curtis
Dogwood Acres
Dogwood Estates
Dogwood Forest
Dogwood Hills
Dogwood Park
Dukedale
Eastwood
Elm Grove a post-hamlet and station in the southwestern part of Bossier parish, is on the Red river and the line of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation company, about 16 miles by rail southeast of Shreveport. It has an express office, telegraph station, telephone facilities, and is a traading center for the neighborhood.
Emma a post-hamlet and station in the northeastern part of Bossier parish, on the Red River & Rocky Mount R. R., about 15 miles northeast of Benton, the parish seat.
Espanita Forest
Espanita Village
Ferguson
Fillmore an extinct village in the eastern part of Bossier parish, was located about 18 miles northeast of Shreveport. Before the Civil war it was a thriving business center, but the war changed all this, the school buildings, homes and stores that stand empty and deserted being all that remain to show a community once existed here.
Fosters
Glendale
Golden Meadows
Green Acres
Greenacres Place
Happy Meadows
Haughton an incorporated town of Bossier parish, about 14 miles east of Shreveport, is on the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific R. R. It is the shipping and supply town of the eastern part of the parish, has a money order post office, telegraph station, express office, telephone facilities, several business houses, two saw mills, one of which has a planning mill in connection, a grist mill, cotton-gin, chair factory and a hotel. In 1900 it had a population of 194.
High Island
Hinkle
Holly Ridge
Honore
Hughes Spur a post-village in the northwestern part of Bossier parish, is on the St. Louis Southwestern R. R., about 6 miles north of Benton.
Ivan a post-village in the northeastern part of Bossier parish, is a station on the Bodcau Valley R. R., about 12 miles northeast of Benton, the parish seat.
Knot Point
Koran a village of Bossier parish, is situated in the southeastern part on Clarks bayou, 6 miles south of Allentown, the nearest railroad station. It has a money order post office and is a trading center for the neighborhood.
Lagas
Lela
Leslie
Linton
Magenta
Mayers
McDade a post-hamlet in the southern part of Bossier parish, is on the Red river and the line of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation company, about 18 miles southeast of Shreveport.
Meadowview Park
Merrywoods
Midway a post-village of Bossier parish, is located about 6 miles east of Benton, the parish seat, and is the terminus of a short line of railway that connects with the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific at Haughton.
Mimosa Gardens
Morameal
Morris
Mot
Ninock a post-hamlet and station near the southern boundary of Bossier parish, is situated on the line of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation company, has an express office and telegraph station, and is a trading center for the surrounding district.
Oak Thicket Acres
Oakland
Palmetto
Parkland Village
Pecan Park
Plain Dealing one of the new railroad towns in the northern part of Bossier parish, is on the St. Louis Southwestern R. R., 15 miles north of Benton. It was incorporated in 1890, with W. B. Boggs as the first mayor. One of the first public buildings was the Plain Dealing academy, which was followed by the Baptist church. The town has a money order post office, a bank, express and telegraph offices, and in 1900 reported a population of 258.
Poole a post-hamlet in the southeastern part of Bossier parish, is situated on the Red river and the line of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation company, about 20 miles southeast of Shreveport. It is a landing on the river and one of the shipping points for the southeastern part of the parish.
Princeton
Red Chute
Redland a post-hamlet of Bossier parish, is situated about 4 miles south of the state boundary and 5 miles northeast of Bolinger, the nearest railroad town.
River Bend
Rocky Mount a village in the northern part of Bossier parish, is about 10 miles northeast of Benton, the parish seat, and is the terminus of a division of the Red River & Rocky Mount R. R. It has a money order post office, and since the completion of the railroad has become an important trading and shipping point for that section of the parish. The population in 1900 was 52.
Shady Park
Shreveport
Sligo a post-hamlet in the southern part of Bossier parish, is 4 miles northeast of Curtis, the nearest railroad station, and about 10 miles southeast of Shreveport.
South Merrywoods
Southern Gardens
Southern Terrace
Southgate Estates
Swan Lake
Swindleville
Tall Timbers
Taylortown a post-hamlet in the southwestern part of Bossier parish, is situated on the east bank of the Red river and the line of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation company, about 12 miles southeast of Shreveport. It has a telegraph station and express office, is a shipping point of some importance, and in 1900 had a population of 51.
Tyler a post-hamlet of Bossier parish, is situated in the northeastern corner, near the Arkansas state boundary, 5 miles west of Springhill, the nearest railroad town and 25 miles northeast of Benton, the parish seat.
Vanceville
Wafer Forest
Waller
Wardview
West Gate Terrace
Whitehurst
Willow Chute

The original list was compiled by Marsha Bryant, extracting from USGS GNIS.
Historical descriptions were added 26 Aug 2020 by Norma Hass, extracting from Louisiana; comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions, and persons, edited by Alcee Fortier, published in 1909, volumes 1 & 2.