'''BOYCE'''
is a
town in northern
Rapides Parish,
Louisiana,
United States. It is part of the
Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,190 at the
2000 census. The community is nearly 75 percent
African American.
HISTORY
Originally called Cotile Landing, the name was changed to Boyce in 1880, when the Texas and Pacific Railroad made Boyce its terminal point. The town was named for Judge Henry Boyce, who owned the land on which the town was located. Being of Irish descent, Boyce, and/or his son Henry Archinard Boyce, gave all the streets Irish names as he did his own plantation, Ulster, which was immediately adjacent to the town along Bayou Jeunes des Gens (Jean de Jean). The original incorporation date is not on file.
GEOGRAPHY
Boyce is located at Interwiki: Coord » 31|23|12|N|92|40|14|W|type:city (31.386778, -92.670577)Interwiki: GR » 1.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Interwiki: convert » 0.6|sqmi|km2, of which Interwiki: convert » 0.5|sqmi|km2 is land and Interwiki: convert » 0.1|sqmi|km2 (8.62%) is water.
A number of small bayous, such as Bayou Jean de Jean and Bayou Helen, are located just outside the town.
An island in the Red River North of the town was created with the straightening of the portion of the river next to the Town by the Army Corps of Engineers. The owners of the Island named it St. Alfred Island, after Alfred Boyce Wettermark, 1916-2010
EDUCATION
Boyce is served by Northwood High School, which opened in 1988, as a new consolidation of the old Boyce Junior High School and the former A. (Alfred) Wettermark High School. Mayor Julius Patrick's funeral was held in the Northwood gymnasium and more than a thousand mourners attended, including District Attorney Downs, who was once the Boyce town attorney.
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