Grambling, Louisiana Explained

Grambling, Louisiana
Official Name:	City of Grambling
Settlement Type:	City
Pushpin Map:	Louisiana
Coordinates:	32.5275°N -92.7139°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Type2:	Parish
Subdivision Name2:	Lincoln
Established Title2:	Incorporated (city)
Established Date2:	1992
Leader Party:	D
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Alvin Bradley
Area Total Km2:	15.34
Area Total Sq Mi:	5.92
Area Land Km2:	15.29
Area Land Sq Mi:	5.90
Area Water Km2:	0.06
Area Water Sq Mi:	0.02
Population Total:	5239
Population As Of:	2020
Population Density Km2:	342.69
Population Density Sq Mi:	887.51
Timezone1:	CST
Utc Offset1:	-6
Timezone1 Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:	-5
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	71245
Area Code Type:	Area code
Area Code:	318
Blank Name Sec1:	Interstate
Blank1 Name Sec1:	U.S.
Blank2 Name Sec1:	Louisiana
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	22-30515
Area Footnotes:	^[1]

Grambling is a city in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,239 in 2020. The city is home to Grambling State University and is part of the Ruston micropolitan statistical area.

Grambling was designated a "city" in the early 1990s (either in 1992^[2] or 1993^[3]), but was erroneously considered a "town" during the 2000 census.

Geography

Grambling is located at (32.527427, -92.713987).^[4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5sqmi, of which 5.5sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi (0.36%) is water.

Demographics

Race!scope="col"

Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	30	0.57%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	5,054	96.47%
Native American	6	0.11%
Asian	6	0.11%
Other/Mixed	107	2.04%
Hispanic or Latino	36	0.69%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,239 people, 1,812 households, and 1,118 families residing in the city.

Arts and culture

• Grambling Memorial Gardens
• Eddie G. Robinson Museum

Education

The city is home to Grambling State University, a public, coeducational, and historically black university founded in 1901 and accredited in 1949.

Lincoln Preparatory School is a charter school located in Grambling that serves (Grades K-12).

Notable people

• Edward H. Adams (1910–1958), basketball player and coach
• Jophery Brown (1945–2014), stuntman and Chicago Cubs pitcher, born in Grambling and attended Grambling College
• Ralph Garr (born 1945), baseball player, attended Grambling College
• Paul Millsap (born 1985), professional basketball player with the Denver Nuggets
• Eddie Robinson (1919–2007), head football coach at Grambling and second winningest coach in NCAA Division I football history
• Paul "Tank" Younger (1928–2001), National Football League (NFL) player, NFL's first African-American front-office executive and College Football Hall of Fame member
• Doug Williams (born 1955), player and head football coach at Grambling, the first Black quarterback to both start and win a Super Bowl

External links

http://cityofgrambling.org/

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 20, 2022.
2. Web site: Boundary Changes . Geographic Change Notes: Louisiana . Population Division, United States Census Bureau . 2006-05-19 . 2008-10-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100806133317/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html . 2010-08-06 .
3. Web site: The City of Grambling: Historical Information. dead. Reginald Owens. 2008-10-24. https://archive.today/20081011022234/http://www.egrambling.com/History.htm. 2008-10-11.
4. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.