Editing Richwood, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Richwood, Louisiana
| official_name = Town of Richwood
| settlement_type = Town
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| image_map = File:Ouachita Parish Louisiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Richwood Highlighted.svg
| map_caption = Location of Richwood in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
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| map_caption1 = Location of Louisiana in the United States
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| subdivision_name1 = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2 = Parish
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ouachita Parish, Louisiana|Ouachita]]
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Gerald Brown, Sr. (D){{cn|date=March 2025}}
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| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 6.52
| area_total_sq_mi = 2.52
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| area_land_sq_mi = 2.52
| area_water_km2 = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
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| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total = 3881
| population_density_km2 = 595.66
| population_density_sq_mi = 1542.53
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| elevation_ft = 69
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| postal_code      = 71202<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/71202|title=Richwood LA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
| area_code = [[Area code 318|318]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = 22-64660
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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| website = {{URL|http://www.townofrichwood.com/}}
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'''Richwood''' is a town in [[Ouachita Parish, Louisiana|Ouachita Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The town was incorporated December 31, 1974, under the provision of Louisiana Revised Statute 33:52 and operates under a form of government consisting of an elected mayor and a board of alder persons, which has five elected members. The town provides garbage collection, street maintenance, drainage maintenance, and other health and welfare services, in addition to the administrative services provided to its residents. The population was 3,392 at the 2010 census.

==Geography==
Richwood is located in the southern portion of Ouachita Parish of Northeast Louisiana.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2.3|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 1223
|1990= 1253
|2000= 2115
|2010= 3392
|2020= 3881
|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>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Richwood racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2264660&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)
| 522
| 13.45%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 2,278
| 58.7%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 5
| 0.13%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 229
| 5.9%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 60
| 1.55%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 787
| 20.28%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,881 people, 607 households, and 348 families residing in the town.

==Education==
[[Ouachita Parish School System]] is the area school district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22073_ouachita/DC20SD_C22073.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ouachita Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|pages=19-20 (PDF pp. 20-21/31)|access-date=2025-01-04}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22073_ouachita/DC20SD_C22073_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Most of Richwood is in the zone for Robinson Elementary School while small pieces are zoned to Swayze Elementary School. Both feed into Richwood Middle and [[Richwood High School (Louisiana)|Richwood High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://files.gabbart.com/1815/feeder_schools_correlation.pdf|title=Feeder Schools Correlation|publisher=[[Ouachita Parish School Board]]|access-date=2024-01-04}} - [https://www.opsb.net/213285_2 Linked from here]. [https://files.gabbart.com/1815/robinson_elementary.pdf Robinson ES boundary map], [https://files.gabbart.com/1815/swayze_elementary.pdf Swayze ES boundary map].</ref>

== See also ==
* [[KHLL]]
* [[Verdiacee Goston]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.richwoodprogress.com/ Richwood Progress] Community Progress Site for Richwood, LA

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[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area]]