Editing Plain Dealing, Louisiana

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'''Plain Dealing''' is a town in [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana]], United States. The population was 893 in 2020.<ref name=":0" /> It is part of the [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]]&ndash;[[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]] [[Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
Prior to 1839, the United States government forcibly removed the [[Caddo]] Nation of Native Americans—longtime local inhabitants who had first settled the area over 1,000 years before Europeans' 16th-century arrival in mainland North America—from the area of Northern Louisiana that included the parcel that would later become the town of Plain Dealing.<ref name="shreveporttimes1">{{cite web|author=James A. Marples |url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/opinion/guest-columnists/2015/04/01/finding-real-deal-plain-dealing/70690608/ |title=Finding 'real deal' in Plain Dealing |website=Shreveporttimes.com |date=March 31, 2015 |access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref>

In 1839, George Oglethorpe Gilmer and his son, James Blair Gilmer, bought 5,000 acres of this land—then described as a "vast, unsettled wilderness"—from the United States government, calling a portion of this acreage "Plain Dealing" after the family's Virginia plantation.<ref name="shreveporttimes1"/><ref name="geocities.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/2157/PDHistory.html |title=MY HOMETOWN : PLAIN DEALING, LOUISIANA |website=Webcitation.org |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010803085252/http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2157/PDHistory.html |archive-date=August 3, 2001 }}</ref>  The "Plain Dealing" name became official when the town was formally chartered on April 24, 1890.<ref name="shreveporttimes1"/>

On March 26, 1893, during an evening school dance at [[Plain Dealing Middle/High School|Plain Dealing High School]], a fight broke out. Two students were shot and killed immediately, two more were fatally wounded, and the high school's Professor Johnson was wounded in the arm.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18930327.2.11 |title = Shot to Death at a Dance |work = [[San Francisco Call|The Morning Call]], Volume 73, Number 117 (San Francisco, California) |date = March 27, 1893 |page = 1 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160322235107/http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18930327.2.11 |archive-date = March 22, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

==Geography==
Plain Dealing is {{convert|8|mi|0}} south of the [[Arkansas]] border and {{convert|31|mi}} north of [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|4.1|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|disp=flip|3}}, or 0.26%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Plain Dealing town, Louisiana |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2260670 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212180339/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2260670 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

===Climate===

According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Plain Dealing has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Plain Dealing was {{convert|114|F|C|1}} on August 10, 1936, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|-14|F|C|1}} on February 13, 1899.<ref name = NOWData /> The record high temperature is also the highest temperature ever recorded in Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/scec/records/all/tmax |title = State Climate Extremes Committee |access-date = April 7, 2023}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Plain Dealing, Louisiana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1892–1999
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = Y
|Jan record high F = 85
|Feb record high F = 91
|Mar record high F = 93
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 99
|Jun record high F = 108
|Jul record high F = 111
|Aug record high F = 114
|Sep record high F = 107
|Oct record high F = 103
|Nov record high F = 94
|Dec record high F = 87

|Jan high F = 56.6
|Feb high F = 60.7
|Mar high F = 68.7
|Apr high F = 76.9
|May high F = 83.8
|Jun high F = 89.8
|Jul high F = 93.4
|Aug high F = 95.0
|Sep high F = 88.8
|Oct high F = 78.5
|Nov high F = 67.6
|Dec high F = 58.3
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 44.2
|Feb mean F = 47.9
|Mar mean F = 55.3
|Apr mean F = 63.3
|May mean F = 71.6
|Jun mean F = 78.3
|Jul mean F = 81.7
|Aug mean F = 82.2
|Sep mean F = 75.6
|Oct mean F = 64.4
|Nov mean F = 54.5
|Dec mean F = 46.2
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 31.8
|Feb low F = 35.0
|Mar low F = 41.8
|Apr low F = 49.7
|May low F = 59.3
|Jun low F = 66.8
|Jul low F = 69.9
|Aug low F = 69.3
|Sep low F = 62.3
|Oct low F = 50.2
|Nov low F = 41.5
|Dec low F = 34.0
|year low F =

|Jan record low F = -4
|Feb record low F = -14
|Mar record low F = 13
|Apr record low F = 26
|May record low F = 35
|Jun record low F = 45
|Jul record low F = 52
|Aug record low F = 51
|Sep record low F = 36
|Oct record low F = 22
|Nov record low F = 11
|Dec record low F = 0

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.78
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.28
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.36
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.69
|May precipitation inch = 4.57
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.47
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.22
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.13
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.95
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.85
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.86
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.96
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|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 8.8
|Feb precipitation days = 7.9
|Mar precipitation days = 8.8
|Apr precipitation days = 8.1
|May precipitation days = 8.6
|Jun precipitation days = 7.0
|Jul precipitation days = 6.7
|Aug precipitation days = 5.8
|Sep precipitation days = 5.8
|Oct precipitation days = 6.8
|Nov precipitation days = 7.8
|Dec precipitation days = 8.2

|Jan snow inch = 0.1
|Feb snow inch = 0.3
|Mar snow inch = 0.2
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
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|Jan snow days = 0.0
|Feb snow days = 0.2
|Mar snow days = 0.1
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.0

|source 1 = NOAA (monthly high/mean/low 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00167344&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Plain Dealing, LA (1991&ndash;2020)
|access-date = April 7, 2023
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{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USC00167344&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Plain Dealing, LA (1981&ndash;2010)
|access-date = April 7, 2023
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</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=shv
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Shreveport
|access-date = April 7, 2023
}}
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}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 258
|1910= 474
|1920= 655
|1930= 1412
|1940= 1085
|1950= 1321
|1960= 1357
|1970= 1300
|1980= 1213
|1990= 1074
|2000= 1071
|2010= 1015
|2020= 893
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Plain Dealing racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2260670&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 440
| 49.27%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 414
| 46.58%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 22
| 2.46%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 15
| 1.68%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 893 people, 424 households, and 192 families residing in the town.<ref name=":0" />

==Education==
The community is in the [[Bossier Parish School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22015_bossier/DC20SD_C22015.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bossier Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 9, 2024}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22015_bossier/DC20SD_C22015_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> There is one school in the community, [[Plain Dealing High School]], which covers grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bossierschools.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=104&ViewID=82ad4dc1-ff8e-4c91-9428-7a2a172acda0&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=154&PageID=108|title=Plain Dealing High School|publisher=[[Bossier Parish School District]]|access-date=March 9, 2024|quote=Other: Grades PK-12}} - [https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2200270&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=220027000132 See also profile at] [[National Center for Education Statistics]]</ref> Its attendance boundary includes all of Plain Dealing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bossierschools.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=72&dataid=243&FileName=Plain%20Dealing.pdf|title=Plain Dealing Attendance Zone Map|publisher=[[Bossier Parish School Board]]|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>

White and black students had separate K-12 schools, under [[educational segregation in the United States]]. White students went to Plain Dealing High School, then K-12, while black students went to Carrie Martin High School, a K-12 school established in 1952 by its namesake. In 1969 the white and black schools were consolidated into a single school with two campuses, later separated into Plain Dealing Elementary School and Plain Dealing High School. The elementary school was renamed Carrie Martin Elementary School in 2003.<ref name=plaindealing2>{{cite news |last=Jimenez |first=Mary |date=October 3, 2006 |title=Carrie Martin Alumni Stay Active Supporting School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/220232627/ |newspaper=[[The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)|The Times]]|place=[[Shreveport, Louisiana]] |access-date=January 26, 2024|ref=none|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/143015215/ 1B]}}</ref> In 2017 the district announced that it will merge Martin Elementary into Plain Dealing High, and stop using the former elementary facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/remodeling-underway-for-merging-plain-dealing-schools/article_ff6760d0-471e-11e7-9ee6-e36b8fdf73ef.html|title=Remodeling underway for merging Plain Dealing schools|publisher=[[KTBS-TV]]|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>

Bossier Parish is in the areas of [[Bossier Parish Community College]] and [[Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges|title=Our Colleges|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]|access-date=March 9, 2024}} shows Bossier Parish in the service areas of BPCC and NLTCC.</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[William Benton Boggs]] (1854–1922), first mayor of Plain Dealing in 1890<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.oocities.org/triedandtrue.geo/PDHistory.html|title=My Hometown: Plain Dealing, Louisiana|publisher=oocities.org|access-date=March 23, 2015}}</ref> 
* [[Ryan Gatti]] (born 1974), state senator from Bossier City since 2016
* [[Booker T (wrestler)|Booker T. Huffman Jr]] aka Booker T, American professional wrestler<ref>{{cite book|last1=Huffman|first1=Booker T with Andrew William Wright|title=Booker T: From Prison to Promise: Life Before the Squared Circle|date=2012|publisher=Medallion Press|location=Aurora, Ill|isbn=978-1605424682}}</ref>
* [[A. P. Tugwell]] (1889–1976), the longest-serving Louisiana state [[treasurer]]
* [[Joe Waggonner|Joseph David "Joe" Waggonner, Jr.]] (1918–2007), a former [[U.S. House of Representatives|congressman]]
* [[Willie Waggonner|W. E. "Willie" Waggonner]] (1905–1976), sheriff of Bossier Parish from 1948 until his death in office
* [[Greg Stumon]] (born 1963), retired defensive end Canadian Football League

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="140px">
Image:Revised Plain Dealing, LA, sign IMG 5163.JPG|Plain Dealing corporate limits sign
Image:Downtown Plain Dealing, LA IMG 5164.JPG|Downtown Plain Dealing
Image:Revised gazebo pix in Plain Dealing, LA IMG 5165.JPG|Gazebo in downtown Plain Dealing
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Bossier Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area]]
[[Category:1890 establishments in Louisiana]]