Editing Richland Parish, Louisiana (section)

==History==
The parish was officially created on September 29, 1868.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/parishes/North_Louisiana/redriver.html|title=Richland Parish|publisher=Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism|access-date=September 5, 2014}}</ref> [[Rayville, Louisiana]], the parish seat, was named for John Ray, a politician from Monroe with large land holdings in present-day Rayville.<ref name="Ray">{{cite book|title=Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries|last1=Leeper|first1=Clare D’Artois|date=2012|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|location=Baton Rouge|page=204}}</ref>

Richland Parish is home to the first public parish library in the State of Louisiana, the Rhymes Memorial Library. The library was built in 1925 by the Lambda Kappa Club of Rayville. R.R. Rhymes donated the original building in memory of his wife, Nonnie Roark Rhymes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Richland Library First To Form Under New Law |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/213373603/ |access-date=July 21, 2018 |agency=Newspapers.com |issue=page 3 |publisher=The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana) |date=January 13, 1928}}</ref>