Mansfield is a small city in and the parish seat of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. Mansfield is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area, with a 2020 population of 4,714.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km<sup>2</sup>), all land.
Climate
Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,714 people, 1,916 households, and 1,165 families residing in the city.
Notable people
- Sylura Barron (1900-1997), first African-American woman delegate to a national political convention (1948)
- Country Jim Bledsoe (1930-1988), blues guitarist and singer
- Vida Blue, baseball player
- Riemer Calhoun (1909-1994), state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes from 1944 to 1952
- Joe T. Cawthorn (1911-1967), lawyer affiliated with Long faction
- Charles Wheaton Elam (1866âÂÂ1917), state representative from 1892 to 1896
- Joseph Barton Elam, Sr. (1821âÂÂ1885), state representative, U.S. representative
- Walter T. Griffith (1911-1966), U.S. Navy submarine commander during World War II
- Jeff Hall, member of the Louisiana House for District 26 since 2015
- Charles Johnson (born 1956), football player
- Jeter Jones, blues musician
- Albert Lewis NFL football player
- Joshua Logan, director, producer, playwright and screenwriter
- Sidney Maiden (1923-1970), country blues musician, singer and harmonica player
- Sammy Joe Odom (1941âÂÂ2001), professional football player.
- Arthur T. Prescott (1863-1942), founding president of Louisiana Tech University
- Mack Charles Reynolds (1935âÂÂ1991), professional football player
- C. O. Simpkins (1925âÂÂ2019), African-American state representative, and civil rights activist in Shreveport
- Ocie Lee Smith was an American singer
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