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Created page with "'''Bossier City''' is the largest city in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Though the 2010 census count was 61,315, the 2013 population had grown to 66,333.<ref>{..."
'''Bossier City''' is the largest city in Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. Though the 2010 census count was 61,315, the 2013 population had grown to 66,333.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2014-08-28}}</ref> Bossier City is located on the eastern bank of the Red River across from the larger city of [[Shreveport]]. The Shreveport-Bossier region is known as the "Ark-La-Tex".
Bossier City is home of [[Barksdale Air Force Base]] and Bossier Parish Community College, which observed its fiftieth anniversary in 2017. The current mayor is a [[Republican Party|Republican]], Lo Walker, a Shreveport native and retired [[United States Air Force]] officer. The Bossier City Council consists of five Republicans and one [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Independent voter|Independent]] each.
In the 1830s, the land that became Bossier City was the site of a plantation, Elysian Grove, purchased by James Cane. After years of slow settlement, Bossier City, previously known as Cane City, was incorporated as a [[village]] in 1906, when Ewald Max Hoyer of Shreveport was appointed the first mayor. Much later [[Governor]] Earl Kemp Long declared Bossier City a city.
=Notable people==
*[[Marvin Anding]], mayor of Bossier City, 1977-1983
*[[Glenn E. Clark]], businessman and local politician
*[[Raymond Crews]], current state representative
*[[Ray Germany]], basketball player and coach
*[[B. H. Gilley]], historian; formerly with
*[[Fred Lowery]], [[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man
*[[Barrow Peacock]], state senator for part of Bossier Parish; a Shreveport businessman
*[[Buddy Roemer]], governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992
*[[Charles E. Roemer, II]], businessman, farmer, politician
*[[Parker Self]], chief judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court
*[[Jeff R. Thompson]], judge and former state representative
*[[David Wade]], former commander of Barksdale Air Force Base
==Reference==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bossier City
[[Category:Louisiana Towns and Cities]]
[[Category:The South]]
Bossier City is home of [[Barksdale Air Force Base]] and Bossier Parish Community College, which observed its fiftieth anniversary in 2017. The current mayor is a [[Republican Party|Republican]], Lo Walker, a Shreveport native and retired [[United States Air Force]] officer. The Bossier City Council consists of five Republicans and one [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Independent voter|Independent]] each.
In the 1830s, the land that became Bossier City was the site of a plantation, Elysian Grove, purchased by James Cane. After years of slow settlement, Bossier City, previously known as Cane City, was incorporated as a [[village]] in 1906, when Ewald Max Hoyer of Shreveport was appointed the first mayor. Much later [[Governor]] Earl Kemp Long declared Bossier City a city.
=Notable people==
*[[Marvin Anding]], mayor of Bossier City, 1977-1983
*[[Glenn E. Clark]], businessman and local politician
*[[Raymond Crews]], current state representative
*[[Ray Germany]], basketball player and coach
*[[B. H. Gilley]], historian; formerly with
*[[Fred Lowery]], [[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man
*[[Barrow Peacock]], state senator for part of Bossier Parish; a Shreveport businessman
*[[Buddy Roemer]], governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992
*[[Charles E. Roemer, II]], businessman, farmer, politician
*[[Parker Self]], chief judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court
*[[Jeff R. Thompson]], judge and former state representative
*[[David Wade]], former commander of Barksdale Air Force Base
==Reference==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bossier City
[[Category:Louisiana Towns and Cities]]
[[Category:The South]]