Caddo Parish (French: Paroisse de Caddo) (/ ˈkædoʊ /) is a parish located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 237,848. [1] . The parish seat and largest city is Shreveport, which developed along the Red River. [2]

Caddo Parish is nationally recognized in the top ten for economic development by Site Selection magazine, Forbes magazine and KPMG Competitive Alternatives as the most cost competitive in the nation and in North America, respectively.

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Located in the northwest corner of Louisiana, Caddo Parish has a unique history reflecting its beginnings as “The Gateway to the West”. Today, the Parish of Caddo covers 852 square miles with its borders being, Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, the Red River to the east, and DeSoto Parish to the south, with a small section at the ...

The Caddo Indians are the principal southern representatives of the great Caddoan linguistic family, which include the Wichita, Kichai, Pawnee, and Arikara.

The Caddo people of Louisiana include the Adai, Doustioni, Natchitoches, Ouachita, and Yatasi tribes. The Adai spoke their own language, which is now extinct. Their name is Caddo for 'brushwood'.

Caddo, one tribe within a confederacy of North American Indian tribes comprising the Caddoan linguistic family. Their name derives from a French truncation of kadohadacho, meaning “real chief” in Caddo. The Caddo proper originally occupied the lower Red River area in what are now Louisiana and Arkansas. In the late 17th century they ...

Caddo is one of the sixty-four parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat and most populous municipality is Shreveport. As of the 2020 count, 237,848 people lived there. [1] It is the largest parish in the North Louisiana region and the fourth-largest in the state.

The Parish of Caddo (pronounced “KÀD-Oh”) is located in the northwest corner of Louisiana, the only state in the nation that refers to area political subdivisions as parishes rather than counties. The name derives from a French truncation of kadohadacho, meaning “real chief.”

2023年8月14日 · History of the Caddo in Louisiana. Louisiana is the ancestral home of many Caddoan groups. The term “Caddo” is often used to refer to tribes within the same language group, though Caddoan languages are vastly different from one another.