Newellton, Louisiana
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Newellton is a town in northern Tensas Parish in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population is 1,187 in the 2010 census, a decline of 255 persons, or 17 percent, from the 2000 tabulation of 1,482. The average age of the population there is 41 years.
Newellton, Louisiana, Water Tower
Newellton welcome sign erected by the town council in 2012
Lake St. Joseph as seen from behind Britt's Pharmacy in Newellton
Numerous businesses in downtown Newellton have been closed for many years.
Tensas Parish, Louisiana
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Tensas Parish is a parish located in the northeastern section of the State of Louisiana; its eastern border is the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,147. It is the least populated parish in Louisiana. The parish seat is St. Joseph. The name Tensas is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. The parish was founded in 1843 following Indian Removal.
Tensas Parish Courthouse at St. Joseph
Lake St. Joseph, an ox-bow lake of the Mississippi River at Newellton
Tensas Academy in St. Joseph opened in 1970.
Legion Memorial Cemetery is located north of Newellton off Louisiana Highway 605.