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Place Name
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Caddo
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Pronunciation
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KA-do
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Place Status (Type)
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parish
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Capital is
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Shreveport
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Population
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248,253 (1990)
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Location
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Louisiana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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32°25'N
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Longitude
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93°48'W
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Caddo
(KA-do), parish (
900 sq mi/2,331 sq km; 1990 pop.
248,253), extreme NW La., situated on Texas-Ark. border (W), bounded E
by Red R., S by Bayou Pierre;  Shreveport; 32°25'N 93°48'W.
Includes Cross L. (resort), now part of Shreveport, and part of Caddo
L. on Texas boundary in NW. Large oil production, esp. in N; natural
gas wells, oil and gas refineries, pipelines. Agr. (chiefly cotton;
also berries, peaches, corn, sorghum, hay, home gardens, nursery crops,
vegetables, rice; cattle, horses, hogs, poultry, exotic fowl;
dairying); timber; logging. Varied mfg. (chemicals, paper, glass
prods., metal prods., industrial machinery, motor vehicles). Milling of
cotton, cottonseed. Shipping on Red R. Soda L. State Wildlife Area in N
center, Black Bayou L. in N, Wallace L. on S boundary. Named after the
Caddo Indian tribe. Formed 1838.
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