Keithville, Louisiana
Encyclopedia
Keithville is an unincorporated community
in Caddo Parish
, Louisiana
, United States
. It lies to the south of Shreveport
along U.S. Route 171
. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office
, with the ZIP code
of 71047. Along with a large elementary and middle school, Keithville has several gas stations which also serve as restaurants along with a Farmers co-op store. The area mainly serves as a suburb of Shreveport, which in recent years has grown due to the "white flight" from the city. However Keithville remains a rural farming community. Keithville residents are also known to have very strong family ties . A large number of residents are employed in the oil and gas industry due to Keithville's prime location in the Haynesville shale region.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Caddo Parish
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Caddo Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Shreveport; as of 2000, the population was 252,161...
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It lies to the south of Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
along U.S. Route 171
U.S. Route 171
U.S. Highway 171 is a north–south United States highway. This short-route 179-mile highway, entirely within western Louisiana, has remained largely unchanged from its original 1926 route....
. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, with the ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
of 71047. Along with a large elementary and middle school, Keithville has several gas stations which also serve as restaurants along with a Farmers co-op store. The area mainly serves as a suburb of Shreveport, which in recent years has grown due to the "white flight" from the city. However Keithville remains a rural farming community. Keithville residents are also known to have very strong family ties . A large number of residents are employed in the oil and gas industry due to Keithville's prime location in the Haynesville shale region.
Major highways
Interstate 49Interstate 49Interstate 49 is currently an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana in the southern United States. Its southern terminus is in Lafayette, Louisiana, at Interstate 10 while its northern terminus is in Shreveport, Louisiana, at Interstate 20.-Route...
U.S. Route 171U.S. Route 171U.S. Highway 171 is a north–south United States highway. This short-route 179-mile highway, entirely within western Louisiana, has remained largely unchanged from its original 1926 route....
Louisiana Highway 169- Louisiana Highway 525
- Louisiana Highway 789
Notable residents
- Sherri Smith CheekSherri Smith CheekSherri Smith Cheek is a businesswoman from Shreveport, Louisiana, who is a second-term Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 38...
, state senatorLouisiana State LegislatureThe Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators... - Joe FergusonJoe FergusonJoseph Carlton Ferguson, Jr. is a former American football quarterback in the NFL. Ferguson played college football at the University of Arkansas, where he still holds the school's single game record for most completions and in that same season was named the Southwest Conference's Offensive...
, athlete - Joe OsbornJoe OsbornJoe Osborn is an American bass guitar virtuoso, notable for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the period from the 1960s through the 1980s. Osborn's work is widely admired by fellow musicians.Osborn began his career working in local clubs, then played on a hit...
, musician - Parker G. Ward, local politician
External links
- http://www.bestplaces.net/city/Keithville_LA-77104700000.aspx