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Marksville, Louisiana
Marksville, Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| City of Marksville | |
| Motto: Where Everybody is Somebody[1] | |
 Location of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. | |
  Marksville, Louisiana | |
| Coordinates: 31°07′36″N 92°03′58″W / 31.12667°N 92.06611°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Louisiana |
| Parish | Avoyelles |
| Founded | 1794 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ryan Hall[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.83 sq mi (12.50 km2) |
| • Land | 4.81 sq mi (12.47 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,065 |
| • Density | 1,052.36/sq mi (406.28/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 71351 |
| Area code | 318 |
| FIPS code | 22-48750 |
| Website | www |
Marksville is a small city in and the parish seat of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,702 at the 2010 census, an increase of 165 over the 2000 tabulation of 5,537.[4]
Louisiana's first land-based casino, Paragon Casino Resort, opened in Marksville in June 1994. It is operated by the federally recognized Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe, which has a reservation in the parish.[5]
- ^ "Welcome". City of Marksville. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "City of Marksville - Welcome". cityofmarksville.com. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "Marksville (city), Louisiana". quickfacts.census.gov. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ "Tunica-Biloxi Tribe". Paragon Casino Resort. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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