Quitman, Louisiana

Village of Quitman
Village
The Jimmie Davis Tabernacle is located east of Quitman.
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Jackson
Elevation	194 ft (59.1 m)
Coordinates	32°20′48″N 92°43′21″W / 32.34667°N 92.72250°WCoordinates: 32°20′48″N 92°43′21″W / 32.34667°N 92.72250°W
Area	0.9 sq mi (2.3 km^2)
- land	0.9 sq mi (2 km^2)
- water	0.0 sq mi (0 km^2), 0%
Population	168 (2000)
Density	180.3/sq mi (69.6/km^2)
Mayor	Joe Vail (D)[1][2]
Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code	318
Location of Quitman in Louisiana
Location of Louisiana in the United States

Quitman is a village in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 181. Quitman is 15 miles (24 km) south of Ruston on U.S. Highway 167, and 9 miles (14 km) north of Jonesboro, the parish seat of Jackson Parish. It is also adjacent to the Jackson Bienville Wildlife Area.

Quitman is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area.

East of Quitman is the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle, a gospel meeting hall. Behind the tabernacle are the grave sites of former Governor Jimmie Davis and his first wife, the former Alvern Adams. Davis was born and reared in the area in the since abandoned Beech Springs community.

Geography

Quitman is located at 32°20′48″N 92°43′21″W / 32.34667°N 92.72250°W (32.346643, -92.722548).^[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all land.

Media

The internet access available is dial-up, DSL, or satellite service. DSL from AT&T was added in January 2010 for many residents.

Education

Quitman High School is a public K-12 academic school, classified by the LHSAA as a Class B school. The mascot is the Wolverine. The Wolverines have won five state basketball championships and seventeen softball championships

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1910	215		—
1920	177		−17.7%
1930	207		16.9%
1940	212		2.4%
1950	204		−3.8%
1960	185		−9.3%
1970	169		−8.6%
1980	231		36.7%
1990	162		−29.9%
2000	168		3.7%
2010	181		7.7%
Est. 2015	174	[4]	−3.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

As of the census^[6] of 2000, there were 168 people, 69 households, and 48 families residing in the village. The population density was 180.3 inhabitants per square mile (69.7/km²). There were 76 housing units at an average density of 81.6 per square mile (31.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.40% White and 0.60% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.19% of the population.

There were 69 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the village the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 84.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $39,167, and the median income for a family was $39,583. Males had a median income of $36,875 versus $17,000 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,182. About 11.8% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 6.5% of those sixty five or over.

Schools

• Quitman High School

Notable people

• Rodney Alexander, former U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district, and former Secretary of the Veteran's Affairs for the State of Louisiana, a Republican, resides in Quitman.
• Toby Borland is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1994 and 2004 for the Philadelphia Phillies (1994-1996, 1998), New York Mets (1997), Boston Red Sox (1997), Anaheim Angels (2001) and Florida Marlins (2002).
• Randy Ewing, former member of the Louisiana State Senate and unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Louisiana in 2003
• Lloyd and Evelyn Collins, one of Louisiana's longest married couples ever. The Collins were married on August 11, 1934. At the time Lloyd was 22 and Evelyn was 21.^[7] Evelyn Collins died peacefully on July 10, 2015, in Jonesboro, LA.^[8] She was 102.
• Stuart David Toms (born 1941) played basketball from 1960 to 1963 at the University of Louisiana at Monroe under Coach Lenny Fant. In 1995, Toms was inducted into the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. He is the retired pastor of the Sweetwater Baptist Church in Quitman.^[9]

References

1. Mayor Joe Vail is listed among the state and local officials who have endorsed the reelection in 2014 of Democrat U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu.
2. "Landrieu's GOP Endorsements Pale In Comparison To 2008 Election". thehayride.com. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
3. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
4. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". Retrieved July 2, 2016.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
6. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
7. Grant, Tim (21 February 2012). "Louisiana Family Forum 2012 Longest Married Hall of Fame". Louisiana Family Forum. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
8. Expressions Tributes (10 July 2015). "Obituary for Evelyn Eunice Collins". Expressions Tributes. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
9. "Louisiana High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame inductees". lhsaa.org. Retrieved January 19, 2010.