Plain Dealing is a town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 893 in 2020.[3] It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area.
Plain Dealing, Louisiana | |
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Town | |
| Town of Plain Dealing | |
 Leon Sanders, Jr., Municipal Complex | |
 Location of Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. | |
.svg) Location of Louisiana in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′21″N 93°42′0″W / 32.90583°N 93.70000°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Louisiana |
| Parish | Bossier |
| Government | |
| • Mayor[1] | Shavonda E. Gay (NP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.58 sq mi (4.10 km2) |
| • Land | 1.58 sq mi (4.09 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 266 ft (81 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 893 |
| • Rank | BO: 4th |
| • Density | 565.55/sq mi (218.41/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 318 |
| FIPS code | 22-60670 |
| Website | https://thetownofplaindealing.com/ |
History
editPrior to 1839, the United States government forcibly removed the Caddo Nation of Native Americans—longtime local inhabitants who had first settled the area over 1,000 years before Europeans' 16th-century arrival in mainland North America—from the area of Northern Louisiana that included the parcel that would later become the town of Plain Dealing.[4]
In 1839, George Oglethorpe Gilmer and his son, James Blair Gilmer, bought 5,000 acres of this land—then described as a "vast, unsettled wilderness"—from the United States government, calling a portion of this acreage "Plain Dealing" after the family's Virginia plantation.[4][5] The "Plain Dealing" name became official when the town was formally chartered on April 24, 1890.[4]
On March 26, 1893, during an evening school dance at Plain Dealing High School, a fight broke out. Two students were shot and killed immediately, two more were fatally wounded, and the high school's Professor Johnson was wounded in the arm.[6]
Geography
editPlain Dealing is 8 miles (13 km) south of the Arkansas border and 31 miles (50 km) north of Shreveport.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.26%, is water.[7]
Climate
editAccording to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Plain Dealing has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Plain Dealing was 114 °F (45.6 °C) on August 10, 1936, while the coldest temperature recorded was −14 °F (−25.6 °C) on February 13, 1899.[8] The record high temperature is also the highest temperature ever recorded in Louisiana.[9]
| Climate data for Plain Dealing, Louisiana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1892–1999 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 85 (29) |
91 (33) |
93 (34) |
95 (35) |
99 (37) |
108 (42) |
111 (44) |
114 (46) |
107 (42) |
103 (39) |
94 (34) |
87 (31) |
114 (46) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 56.6 (13.7) |
60.7 (15.9) |
68.7 (20.4) |
76.9 (24.9) |
83.8 (28.8) |
89.8 (32.1) |
93.4 (34.1) |
95.0 (35.0) |
88.8 (31.6) |
78.5 (25.8) |
67.6 (19.8) |
58.3 (14.6) |
76.5 (24.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 44.2 (6.8) |
47.9 (8.8) |
55.3 (12.9) |
63.3 (17.4) |
71.6 (22.0) |
78.3 (25.7) |
81.7 (27.6) |
82.2 (27.9) |
75.6 (24.2) |
64.4 (18.0) |
54.5 (12.5) |
46.2 (7.9) |
63.8 (17.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 31.8 (−0.1) |
35.0 (1.7) |
41.8 (5.4) |
49.7 (9.8) |
59.3 (15.2) |
66.8 (19.3) |
69.9 (21.1) |
69.3 (20.7) |
62.3 (16.8) |
50.2 (10.1) |
41.5 (5.3) |
34.0 (1.1) |
51.0 (10.5) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −4 (−20) |
−14 (−26) |
13 (−11) |
26 (−3) |
35 (2) |
45 (7) |
52 (11) |
51 (11) |
36 (2) |
22 (−6) |
11 (−12) |
0 (−18) |
−14 (−26) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.78 (121) |
4.28 (109) |
5.36 (136) |
4.69 (119) |
4.57 (116) |
4.47 (114) |
3.22 (82) |
3.13 (80) |
3.95 (100) |
4.85 (123) |
4.86 (123) |
4.96 (126) |
53.12 (1,349) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.1 (0.25) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.6 (1.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 8.8 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 90.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Source 1: NOAA (monthly high/mean/low 1981–2010)[10][11] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[8] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 258 | — | |
| 1910 | 474 | 83.7% | |
| 1920 | 655 | 38.2% | |
| 1930 | 1,412 | 115.6% | |
| 1940 | 1,085 | −23.2% | |
| 1950 | 1,321 | 21.8% | |
| 1960 | 1,357 | 2.7% | |
| 1970 | 1,300 | −4.2% | |
| 1980 | 1,213 | −6.7% | |
| 1990 | 1,074 | −11.5% | |
| 2000 | 1,071 | −0.3% | |
| 2010 | 1,015 | −5.2% | |
| 2020 | 893 | −12.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[12] | |||
| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 440 | 49.27% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 414 | 46.58% |
| Other/Mixed | 22 | 2.46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 1.68% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 893 people, 424 households, and 192 families residing in the town.[3]
Education
editThe community is in the Bossier Parish School District.[13] There is one school in the community, Plain Dealing High School, which covers grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12.[14] Its attendance boundary includes all of Plain Dealing.[15]
White and black students had separate K-12 schools, under educational segregation in the United States. White students went to Plain Dealing High School, then K-12, while black students went to Carrie Martin High School, a K-12 school established in 1952 by its namesake. In 1969 the white and black schools were consolidated into a single school with two campuses, later separated into Plain Dealing Elementary School and Plain Dealing High School. The elementary school was renamed Carrie Martin Elementary School in 2003.[16] In 2017 the district announced that it will merge Martin Elementary into Plain Dealing High, and stop using the former elementary facility.[17]
Bossier Parish is in the areas of Bossier Parish Community College and Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College.[18]
Notable people
edit- William Benton Boggs (1854–1922), first mayor of Plain Dealing in 1890; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1892 to 1900, and the Louisiana State Senate from 1908 to 1916[19]
- Ryan Gatti (born 1974), state senator from Bossier City since 2016; owns a tree farm near Plain Dealing
- Booker T (born 1965), American professional wrestler and promoter.[20]
- A. P. Tugwell (1889–1976), born in Plain Dealing; the longest-serving Louisiana state treasurer
- Joseph David "Joe" Waggonner, Jr. (1918–2007), a former congressman; born in Plain Dealing and interred at Plain Dealing Cemetery.
- W. E. "Willie" Waggonner (1905–1976), sheriff of Bossier Parish from 1948 until his death in office; brother of Joe Waggonner
- Greg Stumon (born 1963), retired defensive end, 1987 Canadian Football League defensive player of the year
Gallery
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Plain Dealing corporate limits sign -
Downtown Plain Dealing -
Gazebo in downtown Plain Dealing
References
edit- ^ "Bossier Parish candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c James A. Marples (March 31, 2015). "Finding 'real deal' in Plain Dealing". Shreveporttimes.com. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "MY HOMETOWN : PLAIN DEALING, LOUISIANA". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on August 3, 2001. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Shot to Death at a Dance". The Morning Call, Volume 73, Number 117 (San Francisco, California). March 27, 1893. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Plain Dealing town, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ a b "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Shreveport". National Weather Service. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "State Climate Extremes Committee". Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Plain Dealing, LA (1991–2020)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Plain Dealing, LA (1981–2010)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bossier Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 9, 2024. - Text list
- ^ "Plain Dealing High School". Bossier Parish School District. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
Other: Grades PK-12
- See also profile at National Center for Education Statistics - ^ "Plain Dealing Attendance Zone Map" (PDF). Bossier Parish School Board. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ Jimenez, Mary (October 3, 2006). "Carrie Martin Alumni Stay Active Supporting School". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 1B. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "Remodeling underway for merging Plain Dealing schools". KTBS-TV. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Our Colleges". Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges. Retrieved March 9, 2024. shows Bossier Parish in the service areas of BPCC and NLTCC.
- ^ "My Hometown: Plain Dealing, Louisiana". oocities.org. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ Huffman, Booker T with Andrew William Wright (2012). Booker T: From Prison to Promise: Life Before the Squared Circle. Aurora, Ill: Medallion Press. ISBN 978-1605424682.
