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Leesville is a city in, and the parish seat of, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] The population was 5,649 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Fort Johnson South micropolitan area and is additionally served by the Leesville Airport. The city is home to the Fort Johnson (formerly known as Fort Polk) U.S. Army installation.
Louisiana Highway 28 (LA 28) is a state highway located in central Louisiana. It runs 86.97 miles (139.96 km) in an east–west direction from the junction of U.S. Highway 171 (US 171) and LA 8 in Leesville to US 84 west of Jonesville .
Vernon Parish map, 1895. [8] Old First National Bank Building in downtown Leesville, LA, now the Courthouse Annex building. In the late 1890s the timber industry, which was the dominant industry in the parish from its creation, began to boom with the construction of the Kansas City Southern Railway in 1897. It increased access to markets.
Louisiana Highway 164 (LA 164) runs 12.78 miles (20.57 km) in an east–west direction from the concurrent US 79 and US 80 north of Haughton, Bossier Parish to US 371 in Sibley, Webster Parish. [14] The route heads south-southeast from an intersection with US 79/US 80 in the eastern portion of Bossier Parish.
Additionally, a 16.7-mile (26.9 km) stretch of US 171, extending from LA 26 south of DeRidder to LA 10 south of Leesville, serves as part of the Myths and Legends Byway in the state-designated system of tourist routes known as the Louisiana Scenic Byways. [20]
US 171 in Leesville: LA 10 in Fort Johnson South — — LA 468: 5.80: 9.33 US 171 in Leesville: LA 8 — — LA 469: 2.45: 3.94 K Avenue in Fort Johnson North: LA 8 — — LA 470: 4.21: 6.78 Lamourie: Chambers — — LA 471: 17.65: 28.40 US 71 north of Colfax: LA 34 west of Atlanta: 1955: current Former portion of SR 5 before 1955 LA 472: 20 ...
Louisiana Highway 111 (LA 111) is a state highway located in western Louisiana. It runs 45.72 miles (73.58 km) in a general north–south direction from U.S. Highway 190 (US 190) in Junction to LA 117 northeast of Leesville .
Louisiana Highway 10 (LA 10) is a state highway located in southern Louisiana.It runs 255.51 miles (411.20 km) in an east–west direction from U.S. Highway 171 (US 171) south of Leesville to the Mississippi state line east of Bogalusa.