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Epps, Louisiana
Epps is a village in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 358 at the 2020 census.
Very little is known about the early days of the town, but it is thought the settlement began as steamboat traffic carrying cotton and timber increased on Bayou Macon in the 1850s. Though not confirmed, it is believed that the town was named after Edwin Epps. Epps owned a cotton plantation in Avoyelles Parish and he is known as one of the enslavers of the famous abolitionist Solomon Northup.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 affected Epps less severely then other towns within the Mississippi embayment, even serving as a Red Cross Relief Camp.
Epps was incorporated as a village in 1939.
Poverty Point and the Late Archaic mounds of the Poverty Point culture, located five miles northeast of the village, were declared a National Historic Landmark on June 13, 1962. It later became a State Historic Site and opened to the public in 1976. In 1988, Congress designated the site as a U.S. National Monument.
The 2,700-acre, man-made lake of the Poverty Point Reservoir State Park is also located five miles south of the village within Richland Parish.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,153 people, 209 households, and 156 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,188.6 inhabitants per square mile (458.9/km2). There were 237 housing units at an average density of 244.3 per square mile (94.3/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 36.17% White, 63.05% African American, 0.09% Asian, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.30% of the population.
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Epps, Louisiana
Epps is a village in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 358 at the 2020 census.
Very little is known about the early days of the town, but it is thought the settlement began as steamboat traffic carrying cotton and timber increased on Bayou Macon in the 1850s. Though not confirmed, it is believed that the town was named after Edwin Epps. Epps owned a cotton plantation in Avoyelles Parish and he is known as one of the enslavers of the famous abolitionist Solomon Northup.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 affected Epps less severely then other towns within the Mississippi embayment, even serving as a Red Cross Relief Camp.
Epps was incorporated as a village in 1939.
Poverty Point and the Late Archaic mounds of the Poverty Point culture, located five miles northeast of the village, were declared a National Historic Landmark on June 13, 1962. It later became a State Historic Site and opened to the public in 1976. In 1988, Congress designated the site as a U.S. National Monument.
The 2,700-acre, man-made lake of the Poverty Point Reservoir State Park is also located five miles south of the village within Richland Parish.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,153 people, 209 households, and 156 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,188.6 inhabitants per square mile (458.9/km2). There were 237 housing units at an average density of 244.3 per square mile (94.3/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 36.17% White, 63.05% African American, 0.09% Asian, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.30% of the population.
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