Editing Berwick, Louisiana

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'''Berwick''' is a [[town]] in [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 4,946 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2207100| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181724/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2207100| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Berwick town, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 29, 2013}}</ref> It is part of the [[Morgan City, Louisiana|Morgan City]] [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

The town relocated the [[Southwest Reef Light]] and has been trying to save the [[Ship Shoal Light]]

== History ==
The first white settler in the area was Thomas Berwick (c. 1740-c. 1792), a Philadelphia-born surveyor in the Opelousas district.<ref>{{cite book|last=Leeper|first=Clare D'Artois|title=Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHeeUa0xNxcC&pg=PA40|date=October 19, 2012|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-4740-5|page=40}}</ref> He and his family settled on the banks of the [[Atchafalaya River]] after receiving a land grant in 1779. Berwick wanted to establish a port at the mouth of the river.  His son Joseph (1783-1852) established a settlement on the west bank of the river that became the town of Berwick.  

Today Berwick is home to several seafood processing plants and numerous boat companies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cajuncoast.com/history.html |title=www.cajuncoast.com "Berwick" |access-date=November 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117235525/http://www.cajuncoast.com/history.html |archive-date=November 17, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|15.7|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|15.3|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.4|km2|disp=flip}}, or 2.84%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
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|1880= 796
|1890= 769
|1900= 713
|1910= 2183
|1920= 1691
|1930= 1679
|1940= 1906
|1950= 2619
|1960= 3880
|1970= 4168
|1980= 4466
|1990= 4375
|2000= 4418
|2010= 4946
|2020= 4771
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Berwick racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2207100&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
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!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,601
| 75.48%
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!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 516
| 10.82%
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!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 40
| 0.84%
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!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 26
| 0.54%
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!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 3
| 0.06%
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!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 190
| 3.98%
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!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 395
| 8.28%
|}
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As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,771 people, 1,665 households, and 1,016 families residing in the town.

==Education==
[[St. Mary Parish School Board]] operates public schools:
* [[Berwick High School (Louisiana)|Berwick High School]]
* Berwick Junior High School
* Berwick Elementary School

== Media ==
* [[KBZE]] FM urban radio station

== Notable people ==
*[[Jenny Craig (entrepreneur)|Jenny Craig]], founder of [[Jenny Craig, Inc.]]

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190327155237/http://townofberwick.org/ Town of Berwick official website]

{{St. Mary Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Berwick, Louisiana|*]]
[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana]]