Fifth Ward, LA

Fifth Ward is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 921 residents. Fifth Ward is located along Louisiana Highway 1, 7 miles west of Marksville, the parish seat, and 23 miles southeast of Alexandria. Even though this small community may seem like a town you might pass up without even knowing that you passed through it, it has a few attractions to offer. Local public schools are managed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board. A newcomer can read Fifth Ward through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Fifth Ward comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.