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The Alexandria metropolitan area was first defined in 1973. Then known as the Alexandria Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (Alexandria SMSA), it consisted of two parishes - Rapides and Grant - and had a population of 131,749. [2][3] By the census of 1980, the population had grown to 151,985, a 15% increase over the previous census.
Alexandria was incorporated as a town in 1818 and received a city charter in 1832. [7] In 1942, Alexandria was the site of the Lee Street Riot, [8] an incident of racial violence that occurred between mostly civilians and military police. Witnesses state that as many as 20 people may have been killed, however the official report indicates that ...
Ruston, Louisiana. Location of Ruston in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. Ruston is a small city and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] The 2020 population was 22,166. [3] Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex region and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Ruston is the principal city of the Ruston ...
May 18, 2000. The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, located in Alexandria, Louisiana, was built in 1932, pursuant to the Public Buildings Act of 1926. Also known as Alexandria Federal Building, it is an Art Deco, Moderne architecture building. It served historically as a post office, as a courthouse, and as a government office building.
Faith Gajcowski (right), owner of the Peach Cobbler Factory, 5913 Provine Place Suite A in Alexandria, with her son Jaden Gajcowski. The dessert shop officially opened their doors last Saturday.
Louisiana Highway 28 LA 28 in red, LA 28 Bus. in blue Route information Maintained by Louisiana DOTD Length 86.968 mi (139.961 km) Existed 1955 renumbering –present Tourist routes Louisiana Scenic Byways: Colonial Trails Scenic Byway Major junctions West end US 171 / LA 8 in Leesville Major intersections US 71 / US 165 in Alexandria I-49 US 165 in Alexandria I-49 / US 167 in Alexandria US ...
The Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana (Latin: Diœcesis Alexandrina in Louisiana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central Louisiana in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of New Orleans.
May 15, 1980. The Alexandria Museum of Art (AMoA) of Alexandria, central Louisiana, United States opened its doors in 1977 in downtown Alexandria in the historic Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building (circa 1898). Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building is a historic bank building completed in 1898 in the Renaissance Revival style, and was ...