 marksville is a city in and the parish seat of avoyelles parish, louisiana, united states. the population was 5,702 at the 2010 census, an increase of 165 over the 2000 tabulation of 5,537. it is 43 percent african american. louisiana's first land-based casino, paragon casino resort, opened in marksville in june 1994. it is operated by the federally recognized tunica-biloxi indian tribe, which has a reservation in the parish. ==history== marksville is named after marc eliche (marco litche, as recorded by the spanish), a jewish-italian immigrant who established a trading post after his wagon broke down in this area."marksville, la" www.citytowninfo.com he was a sephardic jewish trader"jewish names on the u.s. map" www.jewsinamerica.com from italy, believed to be from venice. his italian name was recorded by a spanish priest as marco litche, and as marc eliche by french priests after his trading post was established about 1794. marksvill
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