Sabine Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States, on the Sabine River border with Texas. It had a population of 22,155 at the 2020 census and covers 1,012 square miles (2,620 km2), centred near 31°34′N 93°34′W.<\/p>\n
Many is the parish seat and its postal code is 71449. The parish has 2 incorporated towns, 5 incorporated villages, 2 census-designated places, and roughly two dozen other unincorporated communities. Sabine Parish is entirely rural and sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Sabine Parish has no cities in the Louisiana legal sense (a population threshold most of its communities fall short of); it is organised instead into towns, villages, census-designated places (CDPs), and unincorporated communities. Population figures are shown only where independently verified; unverified cells are marked with a dash.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Many<\/td>\n | Town · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zwolle<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Converse<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71419<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fisher<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71426<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Florien<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71429<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Noble<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pleasant Hill<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71065<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Belmont<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fort Jesup<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Negreet<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 71460<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ebarb<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alford Heights<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alliance<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bayou Scie<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blakes Addition<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clare<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clyde<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cobbs Addition<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Coburn<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Corleyville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dess<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dobs Crossing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Esto<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gandy<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Loring<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mitchell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mount Carmel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oak Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Peason<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rattan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sandel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sardis<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Spring Ridge<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Toro<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Turtle Beach<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Union Springs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Fort Jesup, a former U.S. Army post on the old road between Natchitoches and Texas, gives its name to both the CDP and the state historic site preserved there; do not confuse it with the town of Many, the parish’s actual administrative seat.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nSmaller unincorporated communities such as Alliance, Corleyville, Mount Carmel, and Oak Grove have no ZIP code of their own and are served by the nearest post office town above.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nSabine Parish sits in the rolling, pine-forested uplands of west-central Louisiana. Of its 1,012 square miles, 867 are land and 145 are water — a 14% water share driven almost entirely by Toledo Bend Reservoir, the man-made lake that runs the length of the parish’s western edge along the Sabine River. The reservoir, completed in 1969, is the largest man-made lake in the South and the fifth-largest in the United States by surface area. Away from the lake the terrain is dominated by the Kisatchie National Forest’s pine and hardwood stands.<\/p>\n Sabine Parish borders DeSoto Parish<\/a> to the north, Natchitoches Parish<\/a> to the east, Vernon Parish<\/a> to the southeast, and across the Sabine River to the west lies Sabine County, Texas, with Newton County, Texas<\/a> to the southwest and Shelby County, Texas<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n Sabine Parish had 22,155 residents at the 2020 census, spread across a land area of 867 square miles for a density of about 26 people per square mile — among the more sparsely settled parishes in the state. Many and Zwolle are the two largest incorporated communities, though most residents live outside either town in unincorporated areas. Household income in the parish runs well below the Louisiana median of $58,229, consistent with its mostly rural, forestry- and reservoir-dependent economy.<\/p>\n Timber and forest products are the backbone of Sabine Parish’s economy, drawing on the pine plantations and national forest land that cover much of the parish. Toledo Bend Reservoir supports a substantial fishing and lake-tourism trade, with marinas and camps concentrated near Zwolle and along the lake’s eastern shore drawing anglers from across Louisiana and East Texas. Parish government, the Many school district, and Sabine Parish Hospital are among the largest employers in the seat town itself.<\/p>\n Sabine Parish was created on March 27, 1843, one of five new parishes the Louisiana State Legislature carved out that spring, formed from Natchitoches Parish. It takes its name from the Sabine River, which in turn was named for the Sabine “free state,” a neutral, unpoliced strip of land along the river that the United States and Spain agreed to in 1806 to avoid a border conflict before the Louisiana Purchase boundary was settled. Fort Jesup, established in 1822 under future president Zachary Taylor, guarded the western frontier of the United States along the same river before Texas annexation moved the border west; its grounds are preserved today as a state historic site.<\/p>\n U.S. Highway 171 runs north–south through the parish, connecting Many and Zwolle, while Louisiana Highways 6, 118, 174, and 191 link the smaller communities to it.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Shreveport Regional Airport, roughly 65 miles north of Many.<\/p>\n Where is Sabine Parish?<\/strong> What is the population of Sabine Parish?<\/strong> How big is Sabine Parish?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Sabine Parish?<\/strong> How many towns and villages are in Sabine Parish?<\/strong> |