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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Youngsville is a city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area. The population was 8,105 at the 2010 U.S. census,<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> and 15,929 at the 2020 United States census.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>
Youngsville was the birthplace of Louisiana businessman and politician Dudley J. LeBlanc, the entrepreneur of the Hadacol fortune of the 1950s.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bernard LeBas of Ville Platte has represented Evangeline and St. Landry parishes in the Louisiana House of Representatives since 2008. He is a former resident of Youngsville.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
[edit]Youngsville was settled in the early 19th century by French Acadian farmers. Prior to 1839, George Roy and his son, Desire, laid out the area and named the community "Royville". The settlement had grown large enough by 1859 to establish one of the oldest Catholic churches in Lafayette Parish: St. Anne Church, on the community's oldest street, Church Street. In 1908, the U.S. Postal Service asked village leaders to change the name because the town was being confused with the north Louisiana town of Rayville. So in 1908, the village of Youngsville was incorporated, with the name meaning "young village". It chose a government of a mayor and three aldermen.
On January 20, 1983, Louisiana Governor David C. Treen declared Youngsville a town. The town increased its governing body to a mayor and five aldermen to accommodate its population.
Youngsville was the fastest growing town in Louisiana from 1990 to 2005. Its population has increased by over 300 percent. According to the 2010 U.S. census, Youngsville grew at a rate of 103% between year 2000 and 2010. Youngsville was declared a city by Governor Kathleen Blanco in 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2007, Mayor Wilson Viator and the Youngsville City Council named Joey Langlinais as the Chairman of the Centennial Committee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Although the city has extended its boundaries and expanded its services, Youngsville has remained a rural city surrounded by sugarcane farms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Youngsville is home of the Youngsville Sports Complex, Youngsville Recreation Center, Sugar Beach, Pixus Splash Park and the Youngsville Amphitheater. These facilities host over 1.2 million sports players and visitors every year.
Geography
[edit]Youngsville is located in southeastern Lafayette Parish at Template:Coord (30.100595, -91.990707).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> It is bordered to the north by Lafayette, the parish seat, and to the east by the city of Broussard.
The center of Lafayette is Template:Convert to the north, Abbeville is Template:Convert to the southwest, and New Iberia is 16 miles to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, Youngsville has a total land area of Template:Convert, all of it recorded as land.<ref name="Gazetteer">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
[edit]Race | Number | Percentage |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 12,496 | 78.45% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,446 | 9.08% |
Native American | 49 | 0.31% |
Asian | 350 | 2.2% |
Pacific Islander | 6 | 0.04% |
Other/Mixed | 573 | 3.6% |
Hispanic or Latino | 1,009 | 6.33% |
As of July 1, 2023, according to the United States Census, there were 18,002 people. 2020 United States census, there were 15,929 people, 4,396 households, and 3,883 families residing in the city. At the 2019 American Community Survey, the racial and ethnic makeup of the city was 79.6% non-Hispanic white, 12.3% Black and African American, 2.4% Asian, 2.8% multiracial, and 2.9% Hispanic and Latin American of any race.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2019, for every 100 females there were 94.4 males, and the median age of the city's population was 33.1.<ref name=":1" /> Of the population, 11.2% lived at or the below poverty line, and there was a median household income of $89,038.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Education
[edit]Public schools
[edit]Youngsville is part of the Lafayette Parish School System.
The public elementary schools in Youngsville are Green T. Lindon Elementary School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Ernest Gallet Elementary School.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Youngsville Middle School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> hosts students in sixth through eighth grades and is located in downtown Youngsville. All public school students from Youngsville attend Southside High School in Youngsville or attend Ovey Comeaux High School in southern Lafayette. Youngsville also has a charter school named Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy.
Private schools
[edit]Private schools in the city include Westminster Christian Academy,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> located on the outskirts of Youngsville, and Youngsville Christian School, offering Kindergarten thru 12th grade in downtown Youngsville.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ascension Episcopal School,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a private high school, is located near the Youngsville Sports Complex on Chemin Metaire Parkway across from Sugar Mill Pond.
Roadways
[edit]The city of Youngsville began construction of the Chemin Metairie Parkway Project in the spring of 2007 to improve the roads in and around Youngsville. The first segment, from the intersection of Highway 92 and Chemin Metairie, to central Youngsville, opened in early 2009. Originally called the Youngsville Parkway, the road was renamed to avoid confusion with the existing Youngsville Highway also known as Highway 89. Chemin Metairie Parkway joins Highway 90 near the Baker Hughes Complex in Broussard.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website
- Youngsville Chamber of Commerce
- Youngsville Sports Complex
- Youngsville Parks and Recreation
- Youngsville Police Department
- Youngsville Fire Department