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Shreveport ( / ˈʃriːvpɔːrt / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [4] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.
- Shreveport Regional Airport
Shreveport Regional Airport (IATA: SHV, ICAO: KSHV, FAA LID:...
- Caddo Parish, Louisiana
The Shreve Memorial Library in Shreveport located downtown...
- Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Area
The Red River between Shreveport and Bossier City. The...
- List of People From Shreveport, Louisiana
Lloyd Hendrick (1908–1951), state senator for Caddo and...
- Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Bossier Parish (/ ˈ b oʊ ʒ ər / BOH-zhər; French: Paroisse...
- History
History of Louisiana. Shreve Town was originally contained...
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1902 – Shreveport Journal newspaper in publication. [6] 1905...
- Shreveport Regional Airport
Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish. The 2020 census tabulation for the city's population was 187,593, while the Shreveport–Bossier City ...
22-70000. Website. shreveportla.gov. Shreveport ( / ˈʃriːvpɔːrt / SHREEV-port ), officially the City of Shreveport, is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It has a population of 187,593 in 2020. [3] It is the third most populous city in Louisiana (after New Orleans and Baton Rouge ). It was founded in 1836 where the Red River meets the ...
- 1836; 187 years ago
- Louisiana
Shreveport: A Brief History Details provided by Eric J. Brock Initial Settlement Shreveport, Louisiana, was founded in 1836, by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas and, prior to that time, into Mexico.
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May 1, 2024 · Shreveport, city, seat (1838) of Caddo parish, northwestern corner of Louisiana, U.S., on the Red River, opposite Bossier City. In 1835 Henry Miller Shreve, a river captain and steamboat builder, opened the Red River for navigation by clearing it of a 165-mile (266-km) jam of natural debris called