Wallace Ridge, Louisiana Explained

Wallace Ridge, Louisiana
Official Name:Hamlet of Wallace Ridge
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Louisiana
Pushpin Label:Wallace Ridge
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Louisiana
Coordinates:31.6842°N -91.8364°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Parish
Subdivision Name2:Catahoula
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:19.33
Area Land Km2:18.13
Area Water Km2:1.20
Elevation Ft:60
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:31.54
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CST
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP Codes
Postal Code:71343
Area Code Type:Area Code
Area Code:318
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:22-79310
Population Total:572
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:7.47
Area Land Sq Mi:7.00
Area Water Sq Mi:0.46
Population Density Sq Mi:81.70

Wallace Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 710.[2] It is located northeast of the center of Catahoula Parish on the west side of the Ouachita River. Tew Lake, a former channel of the river that is now an oxbow lake, is in the northern part of the CDP, and Wallace Lake, another oxbow, borders the southern part. The original community of Wallace Ridge is on relatively higher ground on the north side of Tew Lake.

Louisiana State Highway 124 passes through Wallace Ridge, leading north 5miles to Harrisonburg, the Catahoula Parish seat, and south 4miles to Jonesville, the largest town in the parish.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wallace Ridge CDP, Louisiana. https://archive.today/20200212183124/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2279310. dead. February 12, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. August 20, 2014.