Mansfield, Louisiana

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Mansfield is a small city in, and the parish seat of, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> Mansfield is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area, with a 2020 population of 4,714.

Geography

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Mansfield in 1935

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km²), all land. Template:Clear left

Climate

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Demographics

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Mansfield racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	727	15.42%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	3,691	78.3%
Native American	15	0.32%
Asian	28	0.59%
Other/Mixed	122	2.59%
Hispanic or Latino	131	2.78%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,714 people, 1,916 households, and 1,165 families residing in the city.

Notable people

Sylura Barron (1900-1997), first African-American woman delegate to a national political convention (1948)
Country Jim Bledsoe (1930-1988), blues guitarist and singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Vida Blue, baseball player
Riemer Calhoun (1909-1994), state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes from 1944 to 1952
Joe T. Cawthorn (1911-1967), lawyer affiliated with Long faction<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Charles Wheaton Elam (1866–1917), state representative from 1892 to 1896
Joseph Barton Elam, Sr. (1821–1885), state representative, U.S. representative
Walter T. Griffith (1911-1966), U.S. Navy submarine commander during World War II
Jeff Hall, member of the Louisiana House for District 26 since 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Charles Johnson (born 1956), football player
Jeter Jones, blues musician
Albert Lewis NFL football player
Joshua Logan, director, producer, playwright and screenwriter
Sidney Maiden (1923-1970), country blues musician, singer and harmonica player<ref name="AMG">Template:Cite web</ref>
Sammy Joe Odom (1941–2001), professional football player.
Arthur T. Prescott (1863-1942), founding president of Louisiana Tech University<ref>Henry E. Chambers, A History of Louisiana, Vol. 2 (Chicago and New York City: American Historical Society, 1925), pp. 313-314</ref>
Mack Charles Reynolds (1935–1991), professional football player
C. O. Simpkins (1925–2019), African-American state representative, and civil rights activist in Shreveport<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ocie Lee Smith was an American singer