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'''Lake Charles''' is a city in southwestern [[Louisiana]], the seat of government for Calcasieu Parish. Located seventy miles east of [[Beaumont, Texas]], it is particularly known for its [[petroleum]] industry and access to [[gambling]]. Its Sudduth Coliseum is named for former [[Mayor]] James Edward Sudduth, I (1917-1995).
The seventh largest city in the state, Lake Charles had a 2010 population count of 71,993, but the metro area exceeds 200,000. A subsequent estimate placed the city at 76,070.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/US/LA/largest-cities-in-louisiana.html|title=Louisiana - Largest Cities - GeoNames|publisher=geonames.org|accessdate=October 6, 2017}}</ref>
The city is served by a daily newspaper, ''The Lake Charles American Press.'' It has a full university, McNeese State University, which began as a junior college in 1939. There is also the Sowela Technical Community College.
Louisiana [[Governor]] [[Sam Houston Jones]] moved to Lake Charles in 1924, where he became an assistant district attorney for Calcasieu Parish. Elected governor in 1940, Jones tried to dismantle the power of the [[Earl Long]] political machine, but he was overwhelmingly defeated by Earl Long in the 1948 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] runoff election.
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The seventh largest city in the state, Lake Charles had a 2010 population count of 71,993, but the metro area exceeds 200,000. A subsequent estimate placed the city at 76,070.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/US/LA/largest-cities-in-louisiana.html|title=Louisiana - Largest Cities - GeoNames|publisher=geonames.org|accessdate=October 6, 2017}}</ref>
The city is served by a daily newspaper, ''The Lake Charles American Press.'' It has a full university, McNeese State University, which began as a junior college in 1939. There is also the Sowela Technical Community College.
Louisiana [[Governor]] [[Sam Houston Jones]] moved to Lake Charles in 1924, where he became an assistant district attorney for Calcasieu Parish. Elected governor in 1940, Jones tried to dismantle the power of the [[Earl Long]] political machine, but he was overwhelmingly defeated by Earl Long in the 1948 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] runoff election.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lake Charles}}
[[Category:Louisiana Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:The South]]