Editing Arcadia, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Marcus Fizer]], professional basketball player, former collegiate [[All-American]]
* [[Patrick O. Jefferson]], African-American member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] 
* [[Dub Jones (American football)|Dub Jones]] (1924–2024), American football player
* [[Henderson Jordan (Louisiana sheriff)|Henderson Jordan]] (1896–1958), Bienville Parish sheriff who participated in the ambush of [[Bonnie and Clyde]].
* [[Philip H. Mecom]] (1889–1969), [[United States Attorney]] for the Western District of Louisiana.
* [[Danny Roy Moore]] (1925–c. 2020), State senator from Bienville and Claiborne parishes.
* [[Prentiss Oakley]] (1905–1957), Jordan's successor as sheriff
* [[Pol Perritt]], MLB player, pitched for [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]]
* [[Bettye Swann]], [[soul music|soul]] singer best known for the 1967 hit "Make Me Yours".
* [[Lorris M. Wimberly]], former four-time [[Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives]]
* [[Rush Wimberly]], lawyer in Arcadia and [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/bios/wimberly.txt|title=Joseph Rush Wimberly, I|publisher=usgwarchives.net|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref>