Downsville, Louisiana

About Downsville

Downsville is a tiny community in northern Louisiana counting 113 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Downsville is an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 0.74 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 153 residents per square mile.

📰 Downsville News Today

• Ralph Earl "Pops" Roberts Obituary Jun 5, 2026 Mulhearn Funeral Home · Jun 5
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Downsville, Louisiana - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 22
• Louisiana Family Takes Pride in Producing High-Quality Hay and Silage - RFD-TV RFD-TV · May 13
• Joyce Alleman Hummel Obituary (2026) - Downsville, LA - Mulhearn Funeral Home - West Monroe Legacy | Obituary · Jul 17
• Ollie Bearden Obituary (2026) - Farmerville, LA - Farrar Funeral Home - Farmerville Sandusky Register · Mar 2

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What Makes Downsville Unique

• Positioned in northern Louisiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Louisiana — one of 489 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Downsville

• Bryan Park reviews ★
• Camp T.L. James · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hinton Ball Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Downsville

• Downsville Community Charter School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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