Mooringsport, LA

Mooringsport is an incorporated municipality in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located in Caddo Parish. The 2020 census counted 748 residents. Settled by Alabama and North Carolina settlers in 1836, present-day Mooringsport served as a minor economic hub for steamboats transporting cotton. From its continued growth into an established settlement, the Kansas City Southern Railway came through the area. That mix gives Mooringsport a clear local shape within Louisiana, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Mooringsport is located in western Caddo Parish on the south shore of Caddo Lake. Louisiana Highway 1 bypasses the municipality 2 miles to the east. Mooringsport's downtown is part of the local map.