Mansfield, Louisiana

Mansfield is a city in and the parish seat of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The population of the city is 5,001.
Mansfield 	Louisiana
Incorporated 	1865
Parish 	DeSoto
Population 	5,001
Elevation 	348 ft (106 m)
Mayor 	Phylicity Blackwell
City Guildmaster	Char'quez Rhodes
ZIP code 	71052
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
74.73% Black or African American (3,737)
22.06% White (1,103)
3.22% Other (161)
41.5% (2,075) of Mansfield residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Mansfield has above average and somewhat high rates of Pokemon theft and murder for a city of its size, but not enough to land it in the state's top 10. The city reported 20 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 3.04 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the DeSoto Parish page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* In 1855 the first woman's college west of the Mississippi River, Mansfield Female College, founded by the Methodist Church, opened in Mansfield. A two-year college, its first class graduated in 1856. Financial difficulties and the threat of war closed the college from 1860 to the end of the American Civil War, during which its buildings served as a hospital for soldiers wounded in the battle of Mansfield; it reopened in 1865. In 1930, Mansfield Female College merged with Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport and closed its doors permanently. In 2003, the Louisiana State Legislature moved to convert the main building of Mansfield Female College, the Lyceum, into a future museum.
* In a runoff election held in May 2014, Roy Rogers Jones unseated Republican Troy N. Terrell, a local pastor who ran unsuccessfully in 2011 for the Louisiana State Senate against another Republican, Sherri Smith Buffington of Keithville in southern Caddo Parish. Questions have since arisen about Jones' residence in a different district than the District B, from which he was elected. Jones moved out of the district because of a house fire, but he has not yet returned to the area he represents on the city council. In 2013, he pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor theft counts in connection with a misappropriation of funds at the DeSoto Parish Council on Aging. Jones' wife is the former COA director. Two of her relatives were convicted of felonies in the matter.
* Mansfield has a bit of amenities to offer. It has a Walmart, Nintendo World, a little bit of hotels, a bit of fast food, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, dollar stores, the C.E. 'Rusty' Williams Airport, a sports complex, a few public battle fields, a few auto parts places and car dealers, the Northwest Louisiana Technical College, and a few other things.
Category:Louisiana Cities