Editing Ida, Louisiana (section)

==History==
[[File:Ida's Main Street seen in Shreveport Times on April 19, 1933.jpg|thumb|left|Ida's Main Street seen in the [[The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)|Shreveport Times]] on April 19, 1933.]]
Settlement of the area likely began after the end of the [[American Civil War]], with the construction of the Munnerlyn Chapel in 1877 and the first school house in 1883. A post office was constructed in 1897 which spurred an increase in population.<ref>{{cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Jason |title=Ida Louisiana |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=173788 |website=The Historical Marker Database |publisher=CeraNet Cloud Computing |access-date=December 7, 2024 |date=May 24, 2021}}</ref> In 1905, the Ida Methodist Church was built. It continues to serve the community today at 6874 Cedar Lane, despite its bell tower being removed.

Ida was incorporated as a village in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |title=Village of Ida, Louisiana Notes to Financial Statements |url=https://app.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/0/250D64C72E58316586258B5B00431C5A/$FILE/000052BD.pdf |website=app.lla.state.la.us |publisher=Village of Ida, Louisiana |access-date=December 7, 2024 |page=12 |date=2023}}</ref>