Plain Dealing, Louisiana

"Plain Dealing" redirects here. For the historic house in Virginia, see Plain Dealing (Keene, Virginia).

Plain Dealing, Louisiana
Town
Town of Plain Dealing
Leon Sanders, Jr., Municipal Complex
Leon Sanders, Jr., Municipal Complex
Location of Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 32°54′21″N 93°42′0″W / 32.90583°N 93.70000°W / 32.90583; -93.70000
Country United States
State Louisiana
ParishBossier
Government
 • Mayor[1]Shavonda E. Gay (NP)
Area
[2]
 • Total1.58 sq mi (4.10 km2)
 • Land1.58 sq mi (4.09 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
266 ft (81 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total893
 • RankBO: 4th
 • Density565.55/sq mi (218.41/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code318
FIPS code22-60670
Websitehttps://thetownofplaindealing.com/

Plain Dealing is a town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 893 in 2020.[3] It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area.

History

Prior to 1839, the United States government forcibly removed the Caddo Nation of Native Americans—longtime local inhabitants who had first settled the area over 1,000 years before Europeans' 16th-century arrival in mainland North America—from the area of Northern Louisiana that included the parcel that would later become the town of Plain Dealing.[4]

In 1839, George Oglethorpe Gilmer and his son, James Blair Gilmer, bought 5,000 acres of this land—now described as a "vast, unsettled wilderness"—from the United States government, calling a portion of this acreage "Plain Dealing" after the family's Virginia plantation.[4][5] The "Plain Dealing" name became official when the town was formally chartered on April 24, 1890.[4]

On March 26, 1893, during an evening school dance at Plain Dealing High School, a fight broke out. Two students were shot and killed immediately, two more were fatally wounded, and the high school's Professor Johnson was wounded in the arm.[6]

Geography

Plain Dealing is 8 miles (13 km) south of the Arkansas border and 31 miles (50 km) north of Shreveport.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.26%, is water.[7]

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Plain Dealing has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Plain Dealing was 114 °F (45.6 °C) on August 10, 1936, while the coldest temperature recorded was −14 °F (−25.6 °C) on February 13, 1899.[8] The record high temperature is also the highest temperature ever recorded in Louisiana.[9]

Climate data for Plain Dealing, Louisiana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1892–1999
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 85
(29) 		91
(33) 		93
(34) 		95
(35) 		99
(37) 		108
(42) 		111
(44) 		114
(46) 		107
(42) 		103
(39) 		94
(34) 		87
(31) 		114
(46)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 56.6
(13.7) 		60.7
(15.9) 		68.7
(20.4) 		76.9
(24.9) 		83.8
(28.8) 		89.8
(32.1) 		93.4
(34.1) 		95.0
(35.0) 		88.8
(31.6) 		78.5
(25.8) 		67.6
(19.8) 		58.3
(14.6) 		76.5
(24.7)
Daily mean °F (°C) 44.2
(6.8) 		47.9
(8.8) 		55.3
(12.9) 		63.3
(17.4) 		71.6
(22.0) 		78.3
(25.7) 		81.7
(27.6) 		82.2
(27.9) 		75.6
(24.2) 		64.4
(18.0) 		54.5
(12.5) 		46.2
(7.9) 		63.8
(17.6)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 31.8
(−0.1) 		35.0
(1.7) 		41.8
(5.4) 		49.7
(9.8) 		59.3
(15.2) 		66.8
(19.3) 		69.9
(21.1) 		69.3
(20.7) 		62.3
(16.8) 		50.2
(10.1) 		41.5
(5.3) 		34.0
(1.1) 		51.0
(10.5)
Record low °F (°C) −4
(−20) 		−14
(−26) 		13
(−11) 		26
(−3) 		35
(2) 		45
(7) 		52
(11) 		51
(11) 		36
(2) 		22
(−6) 		11
(−12) 		0
(−18) 		−14
(−26)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.78
(121) 		4.28
(109) 		5.36
(136) 		4.69
(119) 		4.57
(116) 		4.47
(114) 		3.22
(82) 		3.13
(80) 		3.95
(100) 		4.85
(123) 		4.86
(123) 		4.96
(126) 		53.12
(1,349)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 0.1
(0.25) 		0.3
(0.76) 		0.2
(0.51) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.6
(1.52)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 8.8 7.9 8.8 8.1 8.6 7.0 6.7 5.8 5.8 6.8 7.8 8.2 90.3
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Source 1: NOAA (monthly high/mean/low 1981–2010)[10][11]
Source 2: National Weather Service[8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900258—
191047483.7%
192065538.2%
19301,412115.6%
19401,085−23.2%
19501,32121.8%
19601,3572.7%
19701,300−4.2%
19801,213−6.7%
19901,074−11.5%
20001,071−0.3%
20101,015−5.2%
2020893−12.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[12]
Plain Dealing racial composition as of 2020[3]
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 440 49.27%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 414 46.58%
Other/Mixed 22 2.46%
Hispanic or Latino 15 1.68%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 893 people, 424 households, and 192 families residing in the town.[3]

Education

The community is in the Bossier Parish School District.[13] There is one school in the community, Plain Dealing High School, which covers grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12.[14] Its attendance boundary includes all of Plain Dealing.[15]

White and black students had separate K-12 schools, under educational segregation in the United States. White students went to Plain Dealing High School, then K-12, while black students went to Carrie Martin High School, a K-12 school established in 1952 by its namesake. In 1969 the white and black schools were consolidated into a single school with two campuses, later separated into Plain Dealing Elementary School and Plain Dealing High School. The elementary school was renamed Carrie Martin Elementary School in 2003.[16] In 2017 the district announced that it will merge Martin Elementary into Plain Dealing High, and stop using the former elementary facility.[17]

Bossier Parish is in the areas of Bossier Parish Community College and Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College.[18]

Notable people

Gallery

  • Plain Dealing corporate limits sign
    Plain Dealing corporate limits sign
  • Downtown Plain Dealing
    Downtown Plain Dealing
  • Gazebo in downtown Plain Dealing
    Gazebo in downtown Plain Dealing

References

  1. ^ "Bossier Parish candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c James A. Marples (March 31, 2015). "Finding 'real deal' in Plain Dealing". Shreveporttimes.com. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  5. ^ "MY HOMETOWN : PLAIN DEALING, LOUISIANA". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on August 3, 2001. Retrieved February 6, 2016.{cite web}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Shot to Death at a Dance". The Morning Call, Volume 73, Number 117 (San Francisco, California). March 27, 1893. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Plain Dealing town, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Shreveport". National Weather Service. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "State Climate Extremes Committee". Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  10. ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Plain Dealing, LA (1991–2020)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Plain Dealing, LA (1981–2010)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  13. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bossier Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 9, 2024. - Text list
  14. ^ "Plain Dealing High School". Bossier Parish School District. Retrieved March 9, 2024. Other: Grades PK-12 - See also profile at National Center for Education Statistics
  15. ^ "Plain Dealing Attendance Zone Map" (PDF). Bossier Parish School Board. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  16. ^ Jimenez, Mary (October 3, 2006). "Carrie Martin Alumni Stay Active Supporting School". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 1B. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  17. ^ "Remodeling underway for merging Plain Dealing schools". KTBS-TV. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  18. ^ "Our Colleges". Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges. Retrieved March 9, 2024. shows Bossier Parish in the service areas of BPCC and NLTCC.
  19. ^ "My Hometown: Plain Dealing, Louisiana". oocities.org. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  20. ^ Huffman, Booker T with Andrew William Wright (2012). Booker T: From Prison to Promise: Life Before the Squared Circle. Aurora, Ill: Medallion Press. ISBN 978-1605424682.
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