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Welcome to North Shreveport ...

North Shreveport is located in Caddo Parish<1>.

A typical abbreviation for North Shreveport: N. Shreveport

North Shreveport is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: North Shreveport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for North Shreveport: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near North Shreveport ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near North Shreveport.

  • Shreveport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bossier City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Haughton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Blanchard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonewall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Waskom
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <4>
  • Benton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Oil City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mooringsport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around North Shreveport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Shreveport.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of North Shreveport. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Shreveport.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around North Shreveport. See our Newspapers Page for North Shreveport.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Shreveport ...

Looking for more information about North Shreveport? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to North Shreveport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for North Shreveport.

Adding North Shreveport to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Shreveport in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for North Shreveport was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Shreveport.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Caddo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Shreveport - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the North Shreveport area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the North Shreveport area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.