Sarepta, Louisiana

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Sarepta is a town in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 925 at the 2000 census.

Sarepta is the hometown of country music singer Trace Adkins

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Sarepta's Name Origin
4 Schools
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Sarepta is located at 32°53′51″N, 93°26′58″W (32.897373, -93.449382)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 925 people, 369 households, and 271 families residing in the town. The population density was 221.8/km² (576.1/mi²). There were 411 housing units at an average density of 98.6/km² (256.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.65% White, 2.05% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.86% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.62% of the population.

There were 369 households out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the aveassrage family size was 2.98.

In the town the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,917, and the median income for a family was $39,083. Males had a median income of $31,776 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,945. About 5.7% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Sarepta's Name Origin

Sarepta was named for the town's first church's benefactor, Sarepta Carter. Local history tells us that Mrs. Carter donated a bible to the town's church under the premise the church be named after her. Years later the curch split causing the original name to be changed to Old Sarepta and the new church to be named New sarepta. Old Sarepta MBC is currently under the pastorate of Bro. Charles Woolley. Sarepta may also have been named after a biblical city in Pheonicia. [1]

[edit] Schools

Information about the Sarepta School district can be found at: http://sarepta.webster.k12.la.us/

Sarepta has a K-12 High School located on 6021 Hwy 2, Sarepta, LA. 71071. The school's mascot is the Hornet; the colors are Maroon and White.

Band: Sarepta's now canceled band program, due to the lack of importance over the football team reguarded by the principal Mr. Jeff Franklin and because very few students felt it important to enroll in the program, was highly reguarded by local and state population for several years recently. The band scored many superior marks at the LMEA Concert Band Fest. on district and state levels between years 2001-2005 under the direction of Mr. Ansel Gadd.