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People who were born in, or strongly associated with, DeRidder, Louisiana Pages in category "People from DeRidder, Louisiana" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Will Alex Murdaugh be able to attend his mother's funeral? Libby Murdaugh will be laid to rest in Hampton Cemetery beside her late husband, who died after an extended illness on June 10, 2021, and ...
Until 1762, the land that would eventually become Beauregard Parish was a part of the Spanish holdings in Louisiana, as, at that time, the border between Spain and France was acknowledged as the Rio Hondo (now known as the Calcasieu river); however the land between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine river was in some dispute as the French were beginning to occupy land on the west side of the Rio Hondo.
The first train line to serve DeRidder came in 1897. It was the Pittsburgh & Gulf Railroad, later called the Kansas City Southern. The July 26, 1924, the DeRidder Enterprise stated: "The first house in DeRidder was made of logs and covered with board shingles, split by hand from the logs of the forest. It was constructed in 1893 and was the old ...
The Hudson River Lumber Company donated a tract of land to the City of DeRidder. Property that adjoined this tract was owned by the First Baptist Church. The newly formed Beauregard Parish Police Jury, carved out of the old Imperial Calcasieu Parish, [3] purchased the property and a building from the church.
The statistical area consists of the Fort Johnson South Micropolitan Statistical Area and the DeRidder Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census , the CSA had a population of 85,517 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 120,035).
Labby may refer to Sherman Labby (1929–1998), American storyboard artist and production illustrator Labby, County Londonderry , a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
The DeRidder Commercial Historic District is a historic district in DeRidder, Louisiana.It covers an 8 acres (3.2 ha) area roughly bounded by Washington Street, West 2nd Street, Stewart Street, and West Port Street and comprises three blocks of commercial and commerce related buildings dating from 1900 to 1933.