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The Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s office is located in the Parish Courthouse in Bastrop and handles all of the criminal, civil and tax division operations, as well as police protection, throughout the parish. There are 41 full-time employees, 12 of them providing 24-hour patrol throughout the parish. Morehouse Parish has six volunteer fire departments located throughout the parish and manned by over 200 volunteer firefighters. |
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Morehouse Parish has one hospital, located in Bastrop, which provides 122-plus beds for area residents. North Monroe Community Hospital in Monroe has a full service emergency room and is 30 minutes away. The medical field is comprised of 26 doctors, 5 dentists and specialists which provide medical care for the area. Four nursing homes with 444 beds also serve the community. 911 service is available in the parish and ambulances are provided by Yates and Tubbs Ambulance Service.
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In Bastrop there is one theater with four screens, a roller rink, a museum, and the Rose Theatre, a restored historical building used for dramatic productions of the Morehouse Cotton Players and other civic functions. Morehouse Parish also has a country club, two community swimming pools, eight ball fields and a dozen tennis courts.
Boating, tubing, and fishing on local rivers, bayous and lakes are also major activities for visitors and residents of the parish. In addition to eight local parks the parish has Chemin-A-Haut State Park. This 406 acre park is situated north of Bastrop on a high bluff overlooking Bayou Bartholomew and is a natural paradise for lovers of unspoiled beauty. |
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Two enclosed regional shopping malls are located in Monroe and West Monroe, only 30 miles to the south. Pecanland Mall has 936,000 square feet and 126 stores. Glenwood Mall in West Monroe has 190,000 square feet and 31 stores. Three small shopping centers in Bastrop provide the communityós basic needs. |
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Communications in the area include a local daily newspaper (The Bastrop Daily Enterprise‹Bastrop). The Monroe News Star , a metropolitan daily newspaper from Monroe and USA Today are also circulated in Morehouse Parish.
There is one FM (KTRY) station in Bastrop. Several Monroe stations including National Public Radio are available in Morehouse Parish.
Television stations can be received from Monroe including all four networks (ABC, CBS and NBC). Cable service is also available in the parish and provides up to 36 stations.
The Morehouse Pioneer, established in 18xx, was originally published in French and is one of the oldest weekly newspaper in Louisiana. Many radio stations from nearby metropolitan areas cover all musical tastes and information needs, including a New Orleans station that reads printed publications and books for the sight impaired residents in the area. Television stations can be received from nearby metropolitan areas including all four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX) as well as several independent and public broadcast stations. Cable service is also available in most of the parish. |
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| Morehouse Parish enjoys a complete seasonal cycle with pleasant spring and fall seasons. Winter months are usually mild with cold spells of short duration. Snowfall is less than 2" per year. The summer months are quite warm, with an average daily maximum temperature in July and August of 93 degrees. |
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Morehouse Parish is located in north central Louisiana. It is bounded by Arkansas on the north, West Carroll Parish on the east, Richland Parish on the south Ouachita Parish on the southwest and Union Parish on the west. |
The main transportation arteries through Morehouse Parish are U. S. Highways 165 and 425 and State Highways 2, 139 and 133. Numerous parish roads also serve local markets. Interstate Highway 20, which runs a few miles south of the border of the parish, allows easy access to the east or west coast of the United States. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highways |
From Morehouse Parish, a manufacturer can realistically expect third-day truckload service to major markets in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Within this 31-state area are 69 percent of the nationós population and 70 percent of its manufacturing plants. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Primary program (FAP, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface). To the south of Morehouse Parish this highway connects with I-20 and continues through Alexandria to I-10 in the southern part of the state. It moves north through Bastrop and Bonita into Arkansas toward Little Rock. This highway is well used and maintained for commercial traffic toward I-20 and the southern part of the state. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Primary program (FAP, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface). This highway moves north from Bastrop into Arkansas toward Pine Bluff. It connects with U. S. Highway 82 in southern Arkansas and is well used and maintained for commercial traffic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Secondary program (FAS, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface). It winds through Bastrop and Mer Rouge in the central portion of the parish toward the eastern and western borders of the state. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Secondary program (FAS, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface) and provides an alternate route to I-20, U. S. Highway 80 and Monroe. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Secondary program (FAS, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface) and runs south from Mer Rouge toward Rayville where it intersects with I-20 and U. S. Highway 80. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehouse Parish is served by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and the Delta Southern Railroad. The UP tracks run north-south through Mer Rouge in the eastern portion of the parish with a line running from the industrial park in Bastrop. To the south it runs toward Monroe, Alexandria and Lake Charles. The Delta Southern tracks run north from Bastrop toward Pine Bluff, Arkansas and beyond. Rail rates in Louisiana for many commodities tend to be lower than those in the other states because of the competition from barge carriers. All lines handle a significant volume of containers, TOFC and carload traffic between Louisiana and most of mid-America. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Facilities |
The Ouachita River is navigable for a four barge tow to Monroe, which makes the nearest port to Morehouse Parish in south Monroe at the Ouachita River Barge Terminal. Small ports are also located on the Mississippi River at Lake providence and Tallulah which are only an hour to the east. The growing use of these facilities by Morehouse manufacturers can contribute significantly to the parishós economic potential.. Cargo can be delivered by barge from Louisiana to all of mid-America via the 19,000 mile Mississippi River System. Louisiana also sits at the center of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway system that rims the northern Gulf of Mexico. Further, the state itself has 4,500 miles of navigable waterways served by 25 harbor and terminal districts, many of which can issue low-interest industrial revenue bonds to finance manufacturing and storage facilities. Also through the state there is a port construction and priority program that may assist in funding port facilities. |
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| Louisianaós lower Mississippi corridor is the leading port area in the world with a total annual tonnage of over 345 million tons. The port area stretches 230 miles inland on both banks of the river with more than 110,000 acres of large, affordable deepwater sites with barge and ship access. There are several campus-type industrial parks suitable for warehouse/distribution operations, offices, sales/service facilities and light manufacturing/assembly. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bastrop Municipal Airport, with a 4,000 foot paved, lighted runway, accommodates business jets. It is located just two miles from the downtown area of the city. The runway is lighted for night flying and fuel, storage and maintenance are available on premises. The nearest commercial airport is Monroe Regional Airport only 30 miles away. It has runways of 7,000 and 5,000 feet and is served by LóExpress, American Eagle, Northwest Airlink and Delta Airlines. Only xx minutes away is New Orleans International (Moisant Field) This airport is easily accessible via Interstate Highway 10 or U.S. Highway 90. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delivery |
Nationwide passenger and parcel service are provided by Greyhound Bus Lines. Emery/Purolator, United Parcel Service and Federal Express are available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carriers |
The following freight carriers service the area: SAIA Motor Freight Line, Roadway Express, Vernon Sawyer Truck Lines, Consolidated, Jones Truck Lines and Yellow Freight Lines and Jarrell Trucking Co. a liquid bulb carrier providing łtank wash˛ service.
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