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Centenary College

Founded 1825 at Jackson, Louisiana, by the State of Louisiana, the college was transferred to the Methodist Church in 1845. Relocated at Shreveport in 1908, Centenary is the oldest privately operated liberal arts college west of the Mississippi.

Located in Shreveport, District 4, Atkins Entrance, Caddo Parish. 153



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