Editing Elizabeth, Louisiana

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 | name                     = Elizabeth, Louisiana
 | settlement_type          = Village
 | image_skyline            = Elizabeth Hospital Town Hall.JPG
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 | image_caption            = [[Elizabeth Hospital Building]], as Elizabeth Town Hall in 2005
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 | area_total_km2           = 4.28
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 | population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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 | population_total         = 417
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 | area_code                = [[Area code 318|318]]
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 | blank_info               = 22-23235
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 | website                  = https://villageofelizabeth.com
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'''Elizabeth''' is a [[village]] in [[Allen Parish, Louisiana|Allen Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States with population of 417 in the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It was a [[town]] and had population of 532 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/G001/1600000US2223235| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181733/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2223235| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Elizabeth town, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref>

==History==
As the village's website notes, the Village of Elizabeth was once known as the "Town of Elizabeth". It became a town legally on January 23, 1964, when Gov. [[Jimmie H. Davis]] signed a proclamation making Elizabeth the fifth incorporated town in Allen Parish.<ref name=FrontPorch/>

"The name Elizabeth was chosen as a tribute to the daughter of Sam Parks, one of the men who established the Industrial Lumber Company's Calcasieu Paper Mill. Elizabeth was carefully planned and held the component of a [[company town]] built to feed the lumber mill and made every effort to making them superior. The Town hospital for the mill, now holds [[Elizabeth Hospital Building|Elizabeth's Village Hall]]."<ref name=FrontPorch>{{cite web|url=https://villageofelizabeth.com/home |title=Welcome to the Village of Elizabeth: The Front Porch Community |publisher=Village of Elizabeth |access-date=September 26, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]] in 2010, the town (not yet a village) has a total area of {{convert|4.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.37%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 504
|1980= 454
|1990= 414
|2000= 574
|2010= 532
|2020= 417
|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>
}}
As of the 2020 [[census]], Elizabeth was noted as a Village, and it had population of 417.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q=Elizabeth%20village,%20Louisiana |title=2020 census data for Elizabeth village, Louisiana |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=September 26, 2022}}</ref>

As of the census of 2000,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 574 people, 191 households, and 165 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|353.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 205 housing units at an average density of {{convert|126.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 90.07% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.36% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.22% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.22% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.14% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.79% of the population. Elizabeth's closest neighbor in [[Allen Parish]] is [[Oakdale, LA]]. Oakdale is located to the east of Elizabeth.

There were 191 households, out of which 47.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.6% were non-families. 11.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.2% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $30,375. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $10,259. About 14.8% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Cloves Campbell Sr.]], the first [[African American]] to serve in the [[Arizona Senate]]
*[[Faye Emerson]], known in the early 1950s as the "First Lady of Television", was born in Elizabeth in 1917.

==References==
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{{Allen Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Villages in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Villages in Allen Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Company towns in Louisiana]]