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==Geography== According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert|766|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|762|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.1|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 20, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |archive-date=September 28, 2013 }}</ref> Allen Parish is bordered on the east by [[Evangeline Parish, Louisiana|Evangeline Parish]], on the south by [[Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana|Jefferson Davis Parish]], and on the west by [[Beauregard Parish, Louisiana|Beauregard Parish]]. [[Rapides Parish, Louisiana|Rapides Parish]] and [[Vernon Parish, Louisiana|Vernon Parish]] both border Allen Parish on the north. Allen Parish may be considered to belong to either the [[Southwest Louisiana]] region or to [[Central Louisiana]]. It is bordered on the east by [[Acadiana]] (Evangeline Parish). Part of Allen Parish, west of the [[Calcasieu River]], lies within the historical [[Neutral Ground (Louisiana)|"No Man's Land"]] or Neutral Ground of disputed territory between the US and Spain. The geologic composition of Allen Parish, like most of Louisiana, is clay and mud.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stoeser |first=Douglas B. |last2=Green |first2=Gregory N. |display-authors=1 |date=2005 |title=Geology of Louisiana, USA |url=https://databasin.org/datasets/4604cd9ca898488fb124444982ebc57c/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |website=Data Basin}}</ref> Ecoregionally, Allen Parish primarily lies within the [[Piney Woods|South Central Plains]] (USGS ecoregion 35), particularly the [[Flatwoods]] (ecoregion 35f), but also a bit of the Southern Tertiary Uplands (35e) in the northwestern corner of the parish. The southeastern corner of the parish, is in the Western [[Gulf Coastal Plain]] (ecoregion 34), specifically the Northern [[Western Gulf coastal grasslands|Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies]] (34a). The Calcasieu river forms the primary boundary between the piney woods and prairie regions of the parish.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daigle |first=Jerry J. |last2=Griffith |first2=Glenn E. |last3=Omernik |first3=James M. |last4=Faulkner |first4=Patricia L. |last5=McCulloh |first5=Richard P. |last6=Handley |first6=Lawrence R. |last7=Smith |first7=Latimore M. |last8=Chapman |first8=Shannen S. |date=2006 |title=Ecoregions of Louisiana |url=https://gaftp.epa.gov/EPADataCommons/ORD/Ecoregions/la/la_map.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930235752/https://gaftp.epa.gov/EPADataCommons/ORD/Ecoregions/la/la_map.pdf |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |website=[[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref> ===Waterways=== * Bundick Creek * [[Calcasieu River]] * [[Ouiski Chitto Creek]] * Six Mile Creek * Ten Mile Creek === Protected area === * [[West Bay Wildlife Management Area]] === Climate === {{Climate chart|Allen Parish, Louisiana|39.2|59.2|6.42|43.3|63.4|4.66|49.7|70.2|4.09|56.0|76.7|5.10|63.7|83.3|5.12|69.8|88.5|5.75|71.9|90.3|5.57|71.5|91.1|5.08|66.9|86.9|5.06|56.5|78.6|4.58|47.1|68.6|4.81|41.5|61.3|5.51|units=imperial|source=[https://www.weather.gov/lch/OBEL1-92 National Weather Service]}}
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