| Cheneyville, Louisiana | |
| Official Name: | Town of Cheneyville |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Image Map1: | Louisiana in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Louisiana in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 31.0133°N -92.2894°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rapides |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Derrick Johnson (D) |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.63 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.02 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.63 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.02 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 62 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 468 |
| Population Density Km2: | 177.82 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 460.63 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Area Code: | 318 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-14660 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2406260 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Cheneyville is a town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 625 at the 2010 census.
The town was named for settler William Cheney.[2]
Cheneyville is significant in the history of the Restoration Movement associated with Alexander Campbell. In 1843 most of the membership of a Baptist congregation, under the leadership of William Prince Ford, who had been influenced by Campbell's writings, became a Church of Christ. The Cheneyville Christian Church is the oldest congregation associated with the Restoration Movement in Louisiana. In 1857, Campbell visited the congregation and was favorably impressed by its fellowship between the races.[3]
Ford is also known as the original enslaver of Solomon Northup, the main character in the feature film, Twelve Years a Slave. Northup was an African-American who had been born free, but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., and sold to Ford in New Orleans in 1841.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Cheneyville has a total area of 1sqmi, all land.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 121 | 25.85% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 320 | 68.38% | |
| Other/Mixed | 22 | 4.7% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 1.07% |
As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 901 people, 267 households, and 183 families residing in the town. The population density was 863.9sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 314 housing units at an average density of 301.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the town was 33.07% White, 65.70% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.55% from other races, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.33% of the population.
There were 267 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.7% were married couples living together, 26.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.39.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $19,044, and the median income for a family was $21,917. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $12,159 for females. The per capita income for the town was $10,244. About 29.4% of families and 43.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 46.2% of those under age 18 and 27.0% of those age 65 or over.