Original sentence: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.4 square miles (21.8 km²), all of it land.Bastrop Mayor  Hawkins estimated about five hundred, or nearly half of the Pilgrim's Pride processing plant workers in Farmerville commuted from Bastrop, many in vans running on a regular schedule.John Wesley Ryles, Country singer  was born in Bastrop in 1950.Three months after the announcement of the International Paper mill closing, Pilgrim's Pride, a poultry company, confirmed the  closure of operations in nearby Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Athens in Claiborne Parish, Choudrant in Lincoln Parish, and Farmerville in Union Parish
Edited sentence: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.Bastrop Mayor Hawkins estimated about five hundred, or nearly half of the Pilgrim's Pride processing plant workers in Farmerville commuted from Bastrop, many in vans running on a regular schedule.John Wesley Ryles, Country singer was born in Bastrop in 1950.Three months after the announcement of the International Paper mill closing, Pilgrim's Pride, a poultry company, confirmed the closure of operations in nearby Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Athens in Claiborne Parish, Choudrant in Lincoln Parish, and Farmerville in Union Parish