Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Lincoln Parish is a parish in Louisiana. The population of the county is 46,735.
Lincoln Parish 	Louisiana
Founded 	1873
Named for 	Abraham Lincoln
Parish seat 	Ruston
Population 	46,735
Habitat 	Forest
Cong. District 	5th
Parish Guildmaster	Sam Blanchard
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 20
US Route 63
US Route 80
US Route 167
Louisiana Highway 33
Louisiana Highway 145
Louisiana Highway 146
Louisiana Highway 147
Louisiana Highway 149
Louisiana Highway 150
Louisiana Highway 151
Louisiana Highway 152
Louisiana Highway 507
Louisiana Highway 544
Louisiana Highway 545
Louisiana Highway 556
Louisiana Highway 563
Louisiana Highway 797
Louisiana Highway 815
Louisiana Highway 818
Louisiana Highway 820
Louisiana Highway 821
Louisiana Highway 822
Louisiana Highway 823
Louisiana Highway 3005
Louisiana Highway 3061
Louisiana Highway 3072
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent parishes ===
Ouachita Parish (east)
Union Parish (north)
Claiborne Parish (northwest)
Jackson Parish (south)
Bienville Parish (southwest)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the parish is:
53.55% White (25,026)
41.60% Black or African American (19,441)
4.85% Other (2,268)
29.0% (13,553) of Lincoln Parish residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Lincoln Parish has average to above average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The parish reported 28 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 2.13 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location 	Rate
Bulbasaur 	Forest 	1-29%
Ivysaur 	Forest 	1-14%
Charmander 	Forest 	1-18%
Charmeleon 	Forest 	1-7%
Squirtle 	Forest 	1-10%
Caterpie 	Forest 	1-70%
Metapod 	Forest 	1-65%
Butterfree 	Forest 	1-60%
Weedle 	Forest 	1-60%
Kakuna 	Forest 	1-55%
Beedrill 	Forest 	1-50%
Rattata 	Forest 	1-35%
Raticate 	Forest 	1-20%
Ekans 	Forest 	1-40%
Arbok 	Forest 	1-21%
Pikachu 	Forest 	1-54%
Raichu 	Forest 	1-37%
Sandshrew 	Forest 	1-30%
Sandslash 	Forest 	1-20%
NidoranF 	Forest 	1-17%
NidoranM 	Forest 	1-17%
Nidorina 	Forest 	1-9%
Nidorino 	Forest 	1-9%
Vulpix 	Forest 	1-15%
Ninetales 	Forest 	1-3%
Oddish 	Forest 	1-15%
Gloom 	Forest 	1-5%
Venonat 	Forest 	1-48%
Venomoth 	Forest 	1-33%
Psyduck 	Forest (Fishing)	1-30%
Golduck 	Forest (Fishing)	1-5%
Poliwag 	Forest (Fishing)	1-38%
Poliwhirl 	Forest (Fishing)	1-23%
Poliwrath 	Forest (Fishing)	1-8%
Bellsprout 	Forest 	1-4%
Magikarp 	Forest (Fishing)	1-75%
Eevee 	Forest 	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Forest 	1-6%
Vaporeon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-10%
Jolteon 	Forest 	1-15%
Flareon 	Forest 	1-5%
Dratini 	Forest 	1-28%
Dragonair 	Forest 	1-13%
Chikorita 	Forest 	1-25%
Bayleef 	Forest 	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Forest 	1-30%
Quilava 	Forest 	1-17%
Totodile 	Forest 	1-46%
Croconaw 	Forest 	1-32%
Feraligatr 	Forest 	1-14%
Sentret 	Forest 	1-45%
Furret 	Forest 	1-28%
Ledyba 	Forest 	1-57%
Ledian 	Forest 	1-40%
Spinarak 	Forest 	1-44%
Ariados 	Forest 	1-25%
Pichu 	Forest 	1-46%
Mareep 	Forest 	1-46%
Flaaffy 	Forest 	1-36%
Ampharos 	Forest 	1-23%
Marill 	Forest 	1-50%
Azumarill 	Forest 	1-38%
Politoed 	Forest (Fishing)	1-8%
Hoppip 	Forest 	1-50%
Skiploom 	Forest 	1-35%
Jumpluff 	Forest 	1-23%
Sunkern 	Forest 	1-30%
Sunflora 	Forest 	1-15%
Wooper 	Forest (Fishing)	1-45%
Quagsire 	Forest (Fishing)	1-30%
Espeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Umbreon 	Forest 	1-5%
Heracross 	Forest 	1-30%
Stantler 	Forest 	1-35%
Treecko 	Forest 	1-30%
Grovyle 	Forest 	1-15%
Sceptile 	Forest 	1%
Mudkip 	Forest 	1-45%
Marshtomp 	Forest 	1-30%
Swampert 	Forest 	1-13%
Zigzagoon 	Forest 	1-50%
Linoone 	Forest 	1-35%
Wurmple 	Forest 	1-72%
Silcoon/Cascoon 	Forest 	1-66%
Beautifly/Dustox	Forest 	1-60%
Ralts 	Forest 	1-40%
Kirlia 	Forest 	1-25%
Gardevoir 	Forest 	1-10%
Shroomish 	Forest 	1-40%
Breloom 	Forest 	1-21%
Azurill 	Forest 	1-44%
Electrike 	Forest 	1-45%
Manectric 	Forest 	1-27%
Minun/Plusle 	Forest 	1-40%
Zangoose 	Forest 	1-35%
Seviper 	Forest 	1-30%
Turtwig 	Forest 	1-20%
Grotle 	Forest 	1-10%
Chimchar 	Forest 	1-20%
Monferno 	Forest 	1-10%
Kricketot 	Forest 	1-60%
Kricketune 	Forest 	1-41%
Shinx 	Forest 	1-53%
Luxio 	Forest 	1-41%
Luxray 	Forest 	1-26%
Pachirisu 	Forest 	1-40%
Buizel 	Forest (Fishing)	1-45%
Floatzel 	Forest (Fishing)	1-27%
Riolu 	Forest 	1-23%
Lucario 	Forest 	1-8%
Croagunk 	Forest 	1-20%
Toxicroak 	Forest 	1-3%
Finneon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-20%
Lumineon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-7%
Leafeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Glaceon 	Forest 	1-5%
Gallade 	Forest 	1-10%
Snivy 	Forest 	1-38%
Servine 	Forest 	1-24%
Serperior 	Forest 	1-10%
Tepig 	Forest 	1-17%
Pignite 	Forest 	1-7%
Oshawott 	Forest 	1-10%
Tympole 	Forest (Fishing)	1-72%
Palpitoad 	Forest 	1-47%
Palpitoad 	Forest (Fishing)	1-57%
Seismitoad 	Forest 	1-27%
Sewaddle 	Forest 	1-70%
Swadloon 	Forest 	1-52%
Leavanny 	Forest 	1-35%
Venipede 	Forest 	1-35%
Whirlipede 	Forest 	1-20%
Scolipede 	Forest 	1%
Zorua 	Forest 	1-17%
Zoroark 	Forest 	1-6%
Deerling 	Forest 	1-70%
Sawsbuck 	Forest 	1-45%
Emolga 	Forest 	1-51%
Joltik 	Forest 	1-5%
Chespin 	Forest 	1-20%
Quilladin 	Forest 	1-10%
Fennekin 	Forest 	1-20%
Braixen 	Forest 	1-10%
Froakie 	Forest 	1-17%
Frogadier 	Forest 	1-4%
Scatterbug 	Forest 	1-85%
Spewpa 	Forest 	1-80%
Vivillon 	Forest 	1-70%
Helioptile 	Forest 	1-45%
Heliolisk 	Forest 	1-30%
Sylveon 	Forest 	1-5%
Dedenne 	Forest 	1-42%
Rowlet 	Forest 	1-20%
Dartrix 	Forest 	1-10%
Yungoos 	Forest 	1-25%
Gumshoos 	Forest 	1-10%
Bounsweet 	Forest 	1-19%
Steenee 	Forest 	1-4%
Togedemaru 	Forest 	1-50%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Grambling - 4,949
Ruston - 21,859
=== Towns ===
Dubach - 961
Vienna - 386
=== Villages ===
Choudrant - 845
Simsboro - 841
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Antioch
Barnet Springs
Corinth
Hilly
Mount Zion
Oak Grove
Pleasant Hill
Woodville
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	56 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	1 inch
Average yearly sunny days	214
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	9 (Very High)
Blizzard risk 	0 (Nonexistant)
== Fun facts ==
* The parish was one of several new ones established by the state legislature during Reconstruction; in 1873 it was formed from land that had belonged to Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson and Union parishes to create one in which newly elected representatives might have more ties to the Republican Party. It was an attempt to break up the old order of political power, and to capitalize on the arrival of the railroad line.
* Since the late 20th century, archeologists have dated eleven sites in northern Louisiana where thousands of years ago, indigenous cultures built complexes with multiple, monumental earthwork mounds during the Middle Archaic period, long before the development of sedentary, agricultural societies. At sites such as Watson Brake, Frenchman's Bend, and Caney, generations of hunter-gatherers worked for hundreds of years to build and add to mound complexes. Hedgepeth Site, located in Lincoln Parish, is dated about 5200–4500 BP (about 3300–2600 BCE), from the latter part of this period. Such finds are changing the understanding of early human cultures.
* Dubach is known as the "Dogtrot Capital of the World" because of the presence of numerous nearby dogtrot houses.
* A Pilgrim's Pride poultry hatchery in Choudrant was marked for closure early in 2009, along with other company operations in nearby Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Athens in Claiborne Parish, and Farmerville in Union Parish. The closures cost this part of North Louisiana some 1,300 jobs.[6] Several weeks later, however, Pilgrim's Pride accepted an $80 million offer from Foster Farms of California to purchase the operations. In addition, to the 1,300 direct jobs in Farmerville, the purchase spares the small farms of some three hundred independent growers. Foster Farms put up $40 million and the State of Louisiana a matching $40 million. Foster Farms will further invest $10 million in capital improvements at the Farmerville plant, to be matched by the state, in an agreement announced by Governor Douglas Ferrell.
* A 19th Century lawmaker who lived in Simsboro was Representative George M. Lomax, who in 1894 introduced the enabling legislation, Act 68, to establish the future Louisiana Tech University.
* 527th Engineer Battalion (Triple Alpha) ("Anything, Anytime, Anywhere") is headquartered in Ruston, the parish seat. This battalion is part of the 225th Engineer Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard.
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