Jonesville, Louisiana
town in Louisiana, United States
Jonesville is the largest town in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States, at the confluence of the Ouachita, Tensas, and Little rivers. The three rivers become the Black River at Jonesville.
As of the 2020 census, Jonesville had a population of 1,728.
The four rivers which intersect near Jonesville are all subject to flooding. There are surrounding soybean and cotton fields; a few plantation houses still stand, built during the former slavery-based, planter-dominated economy; the population fell significantly when a textile mill shut down in the late 1980s.
History
Jonesville was once the site of the Troyville Earthworks, built by Native Americans who occupied the site from 100 BCE to 700 CE. Once home to between 9-11 mounds, most have been leveled to make way for the construction of the modern town, including the Great Mound which was once 82 feet (25 m) in height. It was the tallest mound in Louisiana and the second tallest in the United States, after Monks Mound at Cahokia in Illinois. It was destroyed for bridge approach fill in 1931. The site is the type site for the Troyville culture of the lower Ouachita and Tensas River valleys.
Geography
Jonesville's northern border is formed by the Little River, while its eastern border is formed by the Black River.
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