Tensas Parish Louisiana - Government Site
Population: 6,138
Area: 602 square miles
Parish Seat: Saint Joseph
Area Code(s) in use: 318
Time Zone: CST
Adjacent counties:
Adams (MS) Catahoula Claiborne (MS) Concordia Franklin Jefferson (MS) Madison Warren (MS)
Airport
Ag Air Incorporated Airport, Newellton Airport, Norris Airstrip, Tensas Parish Airport
Area
The Glade
Bar
Panola Bar, Waterproof Bar
Basin
Buckridge Crevasse, Winter Quarters Crevasse
Bend
Hard Times Bend, Kempe Bend, Newtown Bend, Ridge Lake Bend, Rodney Bend, Rodney Cutoff
Bridge
Hubbard Bridge
Canal
Grudge Ditch, Lake Saint Peter Canal, Routh Ditch, Yucatan Ditch
Cape
Coffee Point, Cooter Point, Kings Point, Point Pleasant
Cemetery
Bland Cemetery, Burn Cemetery, Canton Cemetery, Cross Keys Cemetery, Elder Shade Cemetery, Elk Ridge Cemetery, Gold Bell Cemetery, Helena Cemetery, Jordan Cemetery, Lakewood Cemetery, Lemy Cemetery, Loam Land Cemetery, Mayflower Cemetery, Mound Cemetery, Myrtle Grove Cemetery, Newell Cemetery, Newellton Cemetery, Oneonta Cemetery, Powells Cemetery, Routhwood Cemetery, Saint Antioch Cemetery, Saint John Cemetery, Saint Joseph Cemetery, Saint Matthew Cemetery, Somerset Cemetery, Tensas Cemetery, Thistle Ridge Cemetery, Winona Cemetery, Wyoming Cemetery
Channel
Bondurant Chute, Killikrankia Cutoff, Waterproof Cutoff
Church
Alphenia Church, Bethany Baptist Church, Broadroom Church, China Grove Church, Choctaw Baptist Church, Church of Christ, Church of God (historical), Cypress Grove Church, Flowery Mount Church, Greenfield Church, Greenfield Church, Holly Ridge Church, Jerusalem Church, Lakewood Church, Lower Tensas Church, Magnolia Church, Maryland Baptist Church, Monclova Church, Morning Star Church, Mound Hedren Church, Mount Nebo Church, New China Grove Church, New Hope Church, New Zion Church, Oneonta Church, Paradise Church (historical), Pleasant Green Church, Pleasant View Church (historical), Richland Church, Saint Antioch Church (historical), Saint Church, Saint John Church, Saint John Church, Saint Joseph Church of God, Saint Joseph United Methodist Church, Saint Lena Church, Saint Luke Church, Saint Mark Church, Saint Mark Church, Saint Matthew Church, Saint Paul Church (historical), Saint Peter Church, Saint Peter Church, Shackleford Church, Shackleford Church, Shilake Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, Solomon Church, Spring Hill Church, Springfield Church, Spurgeon Church (historical), Villa Clara Church, Waterproof United Methodist Church, Wesley Church, Zion Church (historical)
Civil
District 1 Parish Governing Authority District, District 2 Parish Governing Authority District, District 3 Parish Governing Authority District, District 4 Parish Governing Authority District, District 5 Parish Governing Authority District, District 6 Parish Governing Authority District, District 7 Parish Governing Authority District, Tensas Parish, Ward Five, Ward Four, Ward One, Ward Seven, Ward Six, Ward Three, Ward Two
Flat
Hog Glade
Gut
Alligator Slough, Andrews Bayou, Bayou Bruin, Bayou du Rosset, Bayou Vidal, Bengal Slough, Bieler Bayou, Big Bayou, Big Slough, Black Bayou, Boggy Bayou, Bridgie Bayou, Buffalo Bayou, Caney Bayou, Choctaw Bayou, Clark Bayou, Clark Bayou, Cow Slough, Crooked Bayou, Cross Bayou, Cypress Bayou, Dry Bayou, Du Rosset Bayou, Frenches Bayou, Glade Bayou, Glade Bayou, Green Bayou, Hayes Bayou, Jordan Bayou, Little Choctaw Bayou, Little Tensas Bayou, McPherson Bayou, Mound Bayou, Mound Bayou, Negro Bayou, Phelps Bayou, Pumping Station Slough, River Sticks, Routh Bayou, Sandy Bayou, Sandy Bayou, Snake Bayou, Steep Bank Bayou, Three Buck Bayou, Van Buren Bayou, Wildhorse Bayou, Young Bayou
Island
Bondurant Towhead, Island Number Onehundred and Twelve, Rodney Island, Togo Island
Lake
Allen Lake, Bar Lake, Bell Lake, Big Lake, Big Lake, Big Lake, Big Pond, Black Lake, Blue Hole, Blue Hole, Boggy Lake, Bowman Lake, Broad Lake (historical), Brushy Lake, Brushy Lake, Brushy Lake, Brushy Lake, Brushy Lake, Brushy Lake, Bryland Lake, Cindy Lake (historical), Cypress Grove Lake, Daniel Lake, Dishroon Lake, Duck Lake, Duck Lake, Duck Lake, Duck Pond, Fish lake (historical), Fletchers Lake, Fool Lake, Fox Lake, Gin Lake, Gin Lake, Gorton Chute, Grassy Lake, Hopaka Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Hunter Lake, Jackson Lake, Johnson Lake, Kings Point Lake, Lake Black Dog, Lake Bruin, Lake Formosa, Lake Karnac, Lake Lakanardia, Lake Marydale, Lake Misery, Lake Saint Joseph, Lake Shallow, Levi Lake, Little Cypress Grove Lake, Little Flag Lake, Little Fletchers Lake, Little Johnson Lake, Little Lake, Lockner Lake (historical), Lodge Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Mackey Lake, May Lake, Mile Lake, Mill Lake, Miller Lake, Molen Lake, Mossy Lake, Mound Bayou, Mud Lake, Mud Lake, Old River Lake, Palmyra Lake, Reed Lake, Rodney Lake, Round Lake, Saddletree Lake, Shackleford Lake, Shady Bradley Lake, Shelley Lake, Skeeter Lake, Skinner Lake, Snodgrass Lake, Tensas Lake, Trusler Lake, Turkey Lake, Turkey Lake, Viney Lake, Watermelon Lake, White Oak Lake, Wilson Lake, Yucatan Lake
Levee
Bondurant Towhead Dikes, Browns Field Revetment, Coffee Point Dikes, Cottage Bend Revetment, Hard Times Bend Revetment, Hardscrabble Revetment, Kempe Bend Revetment, Lake Karnac Revetment, Old Kempe Bend Revetment, Waterproof Dikes (historical)
Locale
Arcola Plantation, Ashwood Landing, Avondale Plantation, Belleview Plantation, Bieller Landing (historical), Black Water Plantation, Bondurant Landing, Botany Bay Plantation, Buckridge Landing, Buckridge Light, Burn Landing, Burn Plantation, Delta Bridge, Duck Pond Plantation, Durango Landing (historical), Durango Plantation, Flowers Ferry, Franklin Spur (historical), Gibson Plantation, Gladstone Landing, Goldman Lower Landing, Hopkins Plantation, Ione Plantation, Jordan Ferry, L'Argent Landing, Lakewood Plantation, Locust Ridge Plantation, Marydale Plantation, MAryland Plantation, McLemores Shopping Center, Mound Plantation, Mount Ararat Plantation, Newfoundland Plantation, Oneonta Plantation, Panola Plantation, Raritan Plantation, Ridgeland Plantation, Saint Joseph Lower Landing, Saint Joseph Upper Landing, Somerset Landing, Somerset Plantation, Sunnybank Plantation, Sunnyside Plantation, Thistle Ridge Plantation, Togo Landing, Velverton Plantation, Waterproof Landing, Wavertree Plantation, Winona Plantation, Winter Quarters Plantation, Woodburn Plantation, Wyoming Plantation
Oilfield
Aubrey Oil and Gas Field, Buckhorn Oil Field, Chamblee Gas Field, Crimea Gas Field, Delta Bridge Oil and Gas Field, Fox Lake GAs Field, Glade Bayou Oil Field, Hard Bargin Gas Field, Helena Oil Field, Helena Oil Field, Holly Ridge Gas and Oil Field, Justina Gas Field, Killens Ferry Gas Field, Lake Formosa Oil Field, Lake Saint John Oil and Gas Field, Locust Ridge Oil Field, New Quarters Oil Field, Newlight Oil, North Holly Ridge Oil Field, North Lake Marydale Oil Field, Northeast Lake Saint John Gas Field, Pecan Landing Oil Field, Rodney Island Oil Field, Sundown Oil Field, West New Quarters Oil Field, West Newlight Oil and Gas Field
Park
Big Lake State Wildlife Management Area, Lake Bruin State Park, Saint Joseph Historic District, Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, Winter Quarters State Historic Site
Populated Place
Alphenia Landing, Anchor Landing, Ashland, Ashville (historical), Aubrey, Avondale, Azucena, Balmoral, Barcelona, Chamblee, Consuella (historical), Cooter Point, Cooters Landing, Crescent Landing, Crimea, Cross Keys, Dearborn, Denhart, Denmark Landing, Dixie (historical), Eltringham Landing, Ferry Newlight Landing, Glade Bayou Landing, Goldman, Goldman Landing, Gretna Green, Hedgeland, Helena, Highland, Holly Ridge, Hopewell Landing, Justina, Kirks Landing, Lake Bruin, Locust Ridge, Luckett (historical), Martins Landing, Maryland, Mayflower, Millerfield (historical), New Carthage (historical), New Quarters, Newellton, Newlight, Notnac, Oak Dale Landing, Olympic Landing, Osceola, Pecan Landing, Remolina Landing, Richland, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saranac, Shady Grove, Somerset, Tensas, Tensas Bluff, Tensas Bluff Landing, Troy, Waterproof, Westwood, Wildcat, Wilsonia, Young Landing, Yucatan Landing
Post Office
Ashwood Post Office (historical), Barcelona Post Office (historical), Buck Ridge Post Office (historical), Choctaw Post Office (historical), Delta Bridge Post Office (historical), Ettringham Post Office (historical), Goldman Post Office (historical), Hard Times Landing Post Office (historical), Highland Post Office (historical), Locust Ridge Post Office (historical), Marydale Post Office (historical), Monticello Post Office (historical), Mound Bayou Post Office (historical), New Carthage Post Office (historical), New Light Post Office (historical), Newellton Post Office, Notnac Post Office (historical), Oneonta Post Office (historical), Point Pleasant Post Office (historical), Quimby Post Office (historical), Saint Joseph Post Office, Stelia Post Office (historical), Waterproof Post Office
Ridge
Buck Ridge, Independent Ridge, Newells Ridge
School
Davidson High School, Lakewood School (historical), Lisbon Elementary School, Loam Land School, Magnolia School, Mount Nebo School (historical), Newellton High School, Ruthwood Elementary School, Saint Antioch School (historical), Tensas Elementary School, Tensas Parish Training School (historical), Waterproof High School
Stream
Beck Bayou, Big Bayou, Big Choctaw Bayou, Black River, Burnett Chute, Burnett Chute, Burnett Chute, Cross Bayou, Cross Bayou, Cross Bayou, Dickard Bayou, Dorthy Slough, Gum Ridge Chute, Gum Ridge Chute, Gum Ridge Chute, Harper Bayou, Little Choctaw Bayou, Little Roaring Bayou, Muddy Bayou, Nable Bayou, Palmetto Slough, Steep Bayou
Swamp
Big Hog Glade, Brushy Lake, Caney Bayou, Cow Lake, Gin Lake, House Lake, Lake Twentynine, Long Lake, Long Lake, Pecan Brake, Willow Lake
| Race | Population |
| Black |  3,528 |
| White | 2,547 |
| Mixed | 45 |
| Asian | 11 |
| American Indian | 7 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 0 |
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