Simmesport, Louisiana
Simmesport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.The town was founded by Bennet Barton Simmes (1811–1888), one-time owner of White Hall Plantation, which was located on the opposite bank of the Atchafalaya River.In December 2005 industrialist Frank Stronach founded a new community just south of Simmesport along the Atchafalaya River levee, known as Canadaville, a place intended to house people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.[5] Simmesport is located in eastern Avoyelles Parish on the west bank of the Atchafalaya River.[4] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,468 people, 627 households, and 379 families residing in the town.
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