Waterproof is a village in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States with a population of 541 as of the 2020 census. The village in 2010 was 91.7 percent African American. Some 24 percent of Waterproof residents in 2010 were aged sixty or above.
Waterproof, Louisiana, Water Tower
Many businesses in downtown Waterproof have closed
Waterproof Town Hall
The former Waterproof High School is one four sites in Waterproof listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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.