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Wallace Ridge, Louisiana

Coordinates: 31°41′3″N 91°50′11″W / 31.68417°N 91.83639°W / 31.68417; -91.83639
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Wallace Ridge, Louisiana
Hamlet of Wallace Ridge
Wallace Ridge is located in Louisiana
Wallace Ridge
Wallace Ridge
Location within Louisiana
Coordinates: 31°41′3″N 91°50′11″W / 31.68417°N 91.83639°W / 31.68417; -91.83639
Country United States
State Louisiana
ParishCatahoula
Area
 • Total7.47 sq mi (19.33 km2)
 • Land7.00 sq mi (18.13 km2)
 • Water0.46 sq mi (1.20 km2)
Elevation
60 ft (20 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total572
 • Density81.70/sq mi (31.54/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP Codes
71343
Area Code318
FIPS code22-79310

Wallace Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 710.[2] It is located northeast of the center of Catahoula Parish on the west side of the Ouachita River. Tew Lake, a former channel of the river that is now an oxbow lake, is in the northern part of the CDP, and Wallace Lake, another oxbow, borders the southern part. The original community of Wallace Ridge is on relatively higher ground on the north side of Tew Lake.

Louisiana State Highway 124 passes through Wallace Ridge, leading north 5 miles (8 km) to Harrisonburg, the Catahoula Parish seat, and south 4 miles (6 km) to Jonesville, the largest town in the parish.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020572
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

References

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  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wallace Ridge CDP, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.