Natchitoches Parish
Parish
Natchitoches Parish Courthouse (completed 1939 as a WPA project)
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 31°44′N 93°06′W / 31.73°N 93.1°W / 31.73; -93.1
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Founded	April 10, 1805
Named for	Natchitoches people
Seat	Natchitoches
Largest city	Natchitoches
Area
• Total	1,300 sq mi (3,366 km2)
• Land	1,253 sq mi (3,246 km2)
• Water	46 sq mi (120 km2)  3.6%
Population  (2020)
• Total	37,515
• Density	29.9/sq mi (11.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code	318
Congressional district	4th
Website	www.npgov.org

Natchitoches Parish (French: Paroisse des Natchitoches ou Les Natchitoches) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,515.^[1] The parish seat and most populous municipality is Natchitoches.^[2] The parish was formed in 1805.^[3] It was named after the Natchitoches Native Americans.^[4]

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  The Natchitoches Parish Library.
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  Hidden by trees, the Magnolia Plantation is located in the Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
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  Creston Baptist Church is located at the intersections of the highways leading to Ashland, Goldonna, and Readhimer.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Natchitoches
City	Natchitoches
Town	Campti
Villages	Ashland Clarence Goldonna Natchez Powhatan Provencal Robeline
CDPs	Marthaville Point Place Vienna Bend
Other communities	Ajax Allen Bellwood Bermuda Bethel Chestnut Chopin Cypress Cloutierville Creston Derry Fairview Acres Fairview Alpha‡ Flora Gorum Grand Ecore Grappes Bluff Hagewood Irma Janie Kile King Hill Kraft Melrose Mink Montrose Mora Oak Grove Oakhill Oakleaf Estates Odra Pleasant Hill Pollockville Readhimer Sampusand Shady Grove Shamard Heights Shamrock Skidder Stephens Timon Trichell Victoria Vowells Mill Westlake Wood
Ghost towns	Adois Caspari Clear Lake Cockfield Cognac Hagen Henryville Knightville Los Adaes Oshkosh Red Dirt Williams Corner
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

v t e State of Louisiana
Baton Rouge (capital)
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Larger cities	New Orleans Baton Rouge Shreveport Lafayette
Medium-sized cities	Lake Charles Kenner Bossier City
Smaller cities	Monroe Alexandria Houma New Iberia Slidell Central Ruston Sulphur Hammond Natchitoches Gretna Opelousas
Metros	New Orleans Baton Rouge Lafayette Shreveport–Bossier City Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Lake Charles Monroe Alexandria Hammond
Parishes	Acadia Allen Ascension Assumption Avoyelles Beauregard Bienville Bossier Caddo Calcasieu Caldwell Cameron Catahoula Claiborne Concordia DeSoto East Baton Rouge East Carroll East Feliciana Evangeline Franklin Grant Iberia Iberville Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis Lafayette Lafourche La Salle Lincoln Livingston Madison Morehouse Natchitoches Orleans Ouachita Plaquemines Pointe Coupee Rapides Red River Richland Sabine St. Bernard St. Charles St. Helena St. James St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Tammany Tangipahoa Tensas Terrebonne Union Vermilion Vernon Washington Webster West Baton Rouge West Carroll West Feliciana Winn

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