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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Named after
- Henry Watkins Allen
- Seat
- Oberlin
- Largest city
- Oakdale
- Total
- 766 sq mi (1,980 km )
- Land
- 762 sq mi (1,970 km )
- Water
- 4.1 sq mi (11 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 22,672
- Density
- 29.9/sq mi (11.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 318 337
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .allenparish .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 22750
- Area
- 1983
- Official website
- www.allenparish.com
- Image
- Courthouse of Allen Parish, Louisiana.jpg
- Households
- 8137
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- Commons category
- Allen Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1912-06-12
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Allen Parish
- per capita income
- 21829
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Allen Parish (French: Paroisse d'Allen) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,750. The parish seat is Oberlin and the largest city is Oakdale. Allen Parish is in southwestern Louisiana, southwest of Alexandria.
Allen Parish is named for former Confederate States Army general and Governor of Louisiana Henry Watkins Allen. It was separated in 1912 from the larger Calcasieu Parish to the southwest.
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